{"id":36,"date":"2020-06-29T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/populistpublics\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:03:48","slug":"commentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/populistpublics\/commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last 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