Swan's Picks for Week of June 9

Including an op-ed from the New York Times on state legislatures and democracy--must read.

Opinion | States Are Silencing the Will of Millions of Voters - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

California ‘bounty hunters’ are earning money for voter signatures. Now, there’s a backlash (eastbaytimes.com)

Colorado Bans Local Governments From Jailing Immigrants for ICE | Bolts (boltsmag.org)

Mayors' top concern: mental health (axios.com)

NYC Mayor sues 30 upstate counties over state of emergency orders blocking asylum seekers | WRGB (cbs6albany.com)

These San Francisco City Workers Want Guns (sfstandard.com)

SCOTUS denies Health & Hospital's effort to block civil rights lawsuits (indystar.com)

Ohio Sec. of State LaRose admits making constitution harder to amend is ‘100% about… abortion’ | News From The States