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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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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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How to stop evil and those whose intent is to perpetuate it through humanity and upon our planet
Mantram for the Common Good Let us trust in the Good, work for the Good, live for the Good, will the Good for the Common Good. We must...


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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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Sowing Division is a Choice
We Are Not Divided. “Invariably, within three weeks or four, we always find a shape where most people agree on most of the statements.”...


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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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Just transitions needed to build a better world
The Atlantic. The legendary American union leader Tony Mazzocchi pioneered the concept of a just transition a half century ago. Some...
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