Collaboration
Four Fruits of Disagreement
An excerpt from Why Are We Yelling? explores how we measure the possibilities of security, growth, connection, and enjoyment to orient ourselves in the face of conflict.
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Government
Rethinking Democracy, the Social Contract, and Globalization
Renovating Democracy explores how the digital revolution has irrevocably altered how we engage with participatory democracy and with how democracy works for us.
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Problems of Power
It is often tempting to try to solve problems by looking for policy fixes, new technologies, and informational solutions, instead of addressing underlying power dynamics.
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Reclaiming Civil Society
Organizers renew democracy by building the capacity it requires. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.
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People Power
Powerful organization, rather than efficient mobilization, is the way to re-center people in our political life. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.
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Revitalizing People-Based Government
Recent research documents only a weak electoral connection between state legislators and their voters. It's time to break the cycle and restore political power to ordinary citizens over entrenched minorities. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.
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Democratize the Economy
The imbalance between the wealthy and the rest of Americans dramatically alters how public policy itself is formulated. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.
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Technology
The Complicated Revolution
Sociologist Jen Schradie reveals how digital activism empowers defenders of the status quo.
Environment
Colonialism Meets Climate Change
Puerto Ricans put their foot down against the vestiges of colonialism as climate change hits.