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Joyful Warriors: A New Standard of Leadership
In the 2024 U.S. Presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, embraced the term...
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Fate of Democracy
Happy Independence (Liberation) Day)! Our nation and humanity as a whole now stand at a critical juncture. The specter of global...
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Campus protests and using the RRP
Critical Updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict: Biden's refusal to supply weapons for the assault on Rafah. Thomas Friedman's important...
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Nurturing Informed Discourse Without Giving Voice to Fringe Elements
Today's media landscape includes trained journalists and self-styled influencers, edutainers, and the many supporters of one view or...
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Government’s Role in Helping Us Live More Purposefully
The New Republic This provides a nice summary of what government can do to help create the conditions for people to live more...
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What is the government's role in our Happiness?
Watch Senator Chris Murphy reporting on the 2024 World Happiness Report. There are lots of reasons for that [the catastrophic decline in...
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The Individual vs The Common Good: Responding to antisocial behavior with inclusive (prosocial) action
Responding to antisocial behavior through inclusive social action stops the harm in ways that help establish or restore right relations.
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The Price of Peace
Hierarchical Democracy. The price of peace is always paid with forgiveness, meaning "to give for." Shouldering responsibility for...
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From Servant-driven to Noble-purpose Leadership
Harvard Business Review. “In noble-purpose leadership, the core message is: You're in your role to make an impact. This requires more...
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Adapting cities to revive ecosystems
The Guardian. A study from the conservation charity, Zoological Society of London, found that restoring biodiversity in urban...
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Rebuilding for the Common Good
Capital & Main. But the new economic paradigm is not just about big government — if anything, the public workforce has shrunk under...
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Responsible Gun Laws
The New Republic. Millions of Americans just like myself—that is to say, “gun guys”—have a critical role to play in this fight. We’re the...
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Housing
Capital & Main. An intergenerational friendship cultivated by the mutuality of housing problems and finding greater agency and strength...
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U.S. Poverty
The Guardian. 41 Million people living in poverty. Nine Million of those have no income and receive no financial benefits.
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