'If You Can Keep It': Mental Health And Democracy

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Oct 5, 202642:31News & Politics

A veteran journalist covered the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. That experience got her exploring the connection between stress, trauma, and our political choices. Our mental health might affect our politics. But our pol...

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