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From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum.

I'm Mina Kim.

Crises unfold around us daily. Gun violence, devastating foreign wars, U is forum. I'm Mina Kim. Crises unfold around us daily, gun violence, devastating

foreign wars, U.S. democratic norms shattering. And still, we cook dinner and go to work. For those

directly affected, the harms are inescapable. But for others, the contrast between catastrophic

headlines and ordinary routines creates a dizzying dissonance,

life moving as normal, against a backdrop of alarming change. Do you feel this?

We'll talk about this strange tension and what it does to us and hear how you're navigating it.

Join us.

Thank you. what it does to us and hear how you're navigating it. Join us.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. A couple of weeks ago, historian and journalist Garrett Graf described our democracy shattering, the president using armed military units to seize cities,

using federal law enforcement to target opponents, arresting and charging civilians,

quote, who try lawfully to exercise their right to document the abuses of the regime.

And those are just a few examples of the many crises unfolding around us.

For many directly affected, they're having a devastating effect on their daily lives.

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