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How DC Mayor Bowser used graffiti to protect public space

  • Written by Rebekah Modrak, Professor, University of Michigan
imageVolunteers helped city workers paint 'Black Lives Matter' on the street near the White House.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

When President Donald Trump sent heavily armed federal law enforcement officers and unidentified officers in riot gear into Washington, D.C. during the height of protests recently, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser responded by painting...

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