Miranda Spivack: Backroom Deals in Our Backyards
Investigative reporter Miranda Spivack exposes how local political dealings and backroom power dynamics shape the communities we live in.
Date & Time at 5:00 PM PST
Location CMU 226, University of Washington Seattle, US
Organizer UW Public Lectures
Why we picked this
Local government is where policy actually touches your life, and Spivack's investigative work shows how much of it happens in rooms you never see.
Award-winning investigative reporter Miranda Spivack discusses her book on the local political dealings that shape communities across America. The talk examines how backroom power dynamics in city councils, school boards, and county governments affect everyday life in ways that national politics rarely does.
Spivack’s reporting has exposed patterns of influence and deal-making at the local level that often escape public scrutiny. Free admission at the University of Washington campus.