To get out of this political turmoil and gridlock, Americans must be willing to embrace new approaches for organizing political movements and public discourse. One model with the potential to create strong local bonds and improve trust across sectors are civic unions.
Rights are innate, borne from our capacity for consciousness and derived from our fundamental desire to continue living. This unique state — being conscious and alive — entitles people to the right to meet their basic needs and the right to strive to reach their highest aspirations. Among all that must be done, in a … Integral Rights of a Democratic Populace
America is divided both politically and socially. If we ever hope to establish truth and civility in public life, and be able to have respectful conversations with neighbors and friends, our organizing efforts and the way we practice politics must work to bridge the divide, not deepen it. Political parties are not designed to mend … The Capacity to Change (Politics)
America means many things to many people. It can elicit hope, and pride, and pain. It represents what it seeks to accomplish, and it embodies the true impact of its actions. It is a nation atop a vast countryside, formed around grand concepts, and continuously built anew over a checkered past. In a place so … American Evolution
As millennials become the largest generation and begin to fill more leadership roles, we find ourselves in a unique, disquieting situation. Although we have become an ever more connected society, with the knowledge of ages at our fingertips, we have lost the ability to agree on even basic facts of the disasters of epic proportions … The Choice is Yours
In this book, Joel Olson explains that a truly transformative evolution of American democracy must focus on breaking white privilege. Political and social reforms that don’t address racial discrimination directly, Olson contends, do little to counteract the power structures of the majority and allow for a narrow vision of citizenship and democracy to persist in … The Abolition of White Democracy
