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Lagos on challenges facing American democracy | Seattle Times

February 20, 2018

Democracy. Photo credit: Thomas Hawk
Democracy. Photo credit: Thomas Hawk
Taso Lagos

Greece study abroad program director and lecturer for Hellenic Studies, Taso Lagos

In “My family fled political turmoil in Greece, and I fear for America,” Jackson School Lecturer and Director of the Greece Study Abroad Program Taso Lagos writes about his memories of emigrating to the United States and the promises that the journey held. He questions if these still endure, even as political elites discard values of unity and equality that have bolstered American society.

 

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