![]() ![]() “And by nice things, I mean universal childcare and paid family leave and clean air and clean water and good schools in every neighborhood. “The Sum of Us is the story of my journey across the country that I took in search of answers to why it seems like we can’t have nice things in America,” Heather explained to For the Record. This is something educator, activist, and author Heather McGhee has investigated throughout her career, and especially in her 2021 book The Sum of Us. ![]() Yet this choice to restrict access for some, and therefore all, is still happening in America, especially at the policy level. ![]() In 2022, many would shake their heads at this past reality while relegating it in their minds to exactly that-the past. Imagine: In 1959, instead of allowing a swimming pool to be racially integrated, the city of Montgomery decided to drain it. ![]()
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