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Weekend Edition: Beginnings and Transformation
Is there a modern equivalent of the 95 Theses? Does it matter? Perhaps we don't need the permission of history to begin.
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Michael Slaby
Weekend Edition: How we become 130M Democrats
The work of party building is always ongoing, but emerging from our current dysfunction to build something new requires a deep commitment to transform a…
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Ready for another way
The Democratic Party has been in the wilderness for a long time now. Perhaps the consequences are stark enough, the excuses flimsy enough that we can…
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Weekend Edition: 130M Democrats
The cracks are the map. Passive. Disconnected. Condescending. Exclusionary. Neoliberal. All solvable if we go straight at each of these perceptions or…
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The work ahead
If damage is the strategy, then the cracks are our guide to the work our democracy needs from us, win or lose.
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A new excuse for Democrats?
Misinterpreting election cycles is a pretty consistent theme in the Democratic party over the last decade, and it seems to be starting early this cycle.
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What if the means determine the ends?
Civilization's relentless focus on achievement and outcomes creates a more competitive worldview and makes us more vulnerable than we think.
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Section 230 ... as intended?
Our Federal courts may have accidentally turned Section 230 into the tool it was meant to be.
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An economics of value beyond wealth
Examining the relationship between wealth, self-esteem, and community value might help us unlock new paths to transforming our economy and reclaiming…
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Mark Zuckerberg did not apologize
Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing called “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” that hosted the leaders of…
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A real solution buried in a War Game
The most important insight might not be anything that happens in the simulated Situation Room but what kept one of the characters from ending up on the…
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Spirit, Heart, Head, Hands
Approaching the world in the right order might be a key to rethinking our relationships and building a healthier society.
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