America’s political divide is showing up in the struggle between some Democratic-led cities in Republican-led states.
State governments have preemptively blocked progressive city governments from regulating things like guns, tobacco, and minimum wage.
Freddie O’Connell, the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, talks about how this power struggle is affecting his city
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