The 2022-ness of what we're living through started well before this cycle, and we need to embrace both a longer horizon and new everyday, always-on approach to our civic life to find a new path.
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Ever-present political ads this time of year feel omnipresent and unavoidable, but are they really that dominant of a cultural force?
A COVID short story that might tell us something about how we might think differently about managing this phase of the pandemic.
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The value of time away and the constant challenge (and opportunity) of attention.
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I'm heading off the grid for the next month and will leave you with an open-ended set of thoughts about what I'm looking for and what we might need.
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Look with humility and graciousness to Black leaders and Black voices to understand and engage in the conversations and reckonings necessary to celebrate Juneteenth.
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When the Supreme Court extends beyond its own expansive reach, not only are the basic functions of government in jeopardy but so is our system of checks and balances.
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Is San Francisco's recall of their progressive district attorney revealing something important about the state of liberalism?
History, culture, suffering, and how we might begin to find our way to a safer, freer future.
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Examining where, how, and for whom democracy shows up in culture can point us toward where and how we need to engage new conversations about reclaiming our democracy.
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The failure of our leaders to understand their roles and govern is making us less safe and less free.
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If we continue to talk about the future only in the darkest, most post-apocalyptic terms, no one is going to want to go there. And we may miss an opportunity to make it amazing.