Swan's Picks: changes in public education, preventing violence, and entrenched polarization

The Little-Known Violence Prevention Tool Cropping Up in Cities Across the Country

Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair: Pro-Biden and Alone in Rural

What’s Wrong with Privately Funded ‘Post-Industrial’ Parks? America

25% of Missouri School Districts Now Provide Education Only Four Days A Week

Also in Missouri, a “lawmaker seeks to stop residents from obtaining abortions out of state”

And Idaho is using a similar tactic in its recent anti-trans bill, which makes it illegal for parents to take their trans kids out of state for gender-affirming care

And a bonus story: Florida Senate passes its elections bill. Will it keep people from voting?