I often think democracy is like the foundation of a house, meant to give everyone a say in how things are run.
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Arthur Conan Doyle's famous line about "The dog that didn't bark" from Sherlock Holmes has unexpectedly been a great way to describe what's happening now.
There's a popular meme circulating highlighting some startling statistics about America: millions uninsured, dire poverty, high illiteracy rates, untreated mental illnesses, and frequent gun violence.
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Over the years, the United States has been a beacon of democracy, embracing values like voter engagement, checks and balances, and impartial administration.
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The mountain roads around my home are flooding, only weeks after we escaped wildfires. Climate change is here now. And all of it—human civilization, the animals, the Earth itself—is at risk. We are in a collective rite of passage. Not at the threshold—but fully in it.
Coretta Scott King was a committed activist in her own right. She was deeply involved with social justice causes before she met and married Martin Luther King Jr., and long after his death.
Each time we go out of our way to encourage, support, share, and enjoy a neighbor, we are putting the world to rights on our own street.
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The patriarchy, having been somewhat in retreat in parts of the world, is back in our faces. In Afghanistan, the Taliban once again prowl the streets more concerned with keeping women at home and in strict dress code than with the impending collapse of the country into famine.
A new study examines one program’s impact on employment and incarceration.
The Supreme Court has just, by all appearances, intentionally turned America into an armed camp.
Human beings are social animals. This means, almost as a matter of logical necessity, that humans’ quality of life is largely decided by the quality of their societies.
After Canadian truckers upset with vaccination mandates made their way to Ottawa, they parked their vehicles near Parliament and started making noise – lots of it – blasting their air horns day and night, disturbing the repose of citizens at home, work and in school.
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