With U.S. Democracy Threatened , WNBA Exemplifies Democratic Culture of Civil and Human Rights

Tim Libretti, PhD
engendered
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5 min readJun 21, 2022

The Sky’s Courtney Vandersloot drives to the hoop. Flickr.com

While the January 6 hearings continue to reveal just how fragile — and under persistent assault — democracy is in America, it always helps to identify the sources of hope where we see counter-forces at work to sustain, protect, and expand a truly democratic culture committed to challenging white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia…

Tim Libretti, PhD
engendered

Professor of Literature, Political Economy enthusiast, Dad, always thinking about the optimal world