Civic Crisis

Jun 25

Our Political Climate is in Crisis

Like the natural world, the world of politics changes temperature depending on its climate. The current heat waves, fires, and floods...

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Jul 20, 2023

The trouble with Christian Nationalism

What’s troubling about Christian Nationalism is not only its arrogance, but also its withdrawal from reality. At least that seems to be...

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Nov 3, 2021

A Framework for Our Thinking

It seems much more complicated to get out of the mess we are in than it was to get in it. You can change the game of basketball a bit,...

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Jul 14, 2021

Resetting our American Thermostat

Did you ever wonder what prevents us from moving closer to a climate of justice—a social predisposition for fairness? Could it be a kind...

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Jan 11, 2021

Our choice: Unity or Justice

The essential contribution of African Americans in the election of Joe Biden and in the election of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff...

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Sep 30, 2020

What Kind of Trouble Are We In?

We are in trouble. Is it “good trouble” as advocated by John Lewis, or some other kind? Are we heading toward something like the...

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Aug 4, 2020

Why we should cancel the Presidential debates

If you were visiting from almost anywhere, you would want to know why we have over 154,000 coronavirus deaths. One answer is the lack of...

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Apr 21, 2020

Earth Day 2020 and the Coronavirus

In Richard Powers’ novel, The Overstory, the character, Patricia, standing in front of a grove of trees, expresses her gratitude for the...

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