{"id":5485,"date":"2025-04-18T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:40:57","slug":"better-than-it-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2025\/better-than-it-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Better than it was"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Better than it was<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Micah Owens<\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">April 18, 2025<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  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