Democracy is one of the most discussed subjects in American public life and one of the least examined. Citizens are… Read more
Category: Rights and Equality
The New Town Square Has a Login Screen
A generation ago, if you wanted to find the cultural center of gravity, you could do worse than stand in… Read more
The Machinery of Democracy: 250 Years and Counting
There is a gymnasium in a small Indiana town where, every other November, a few dozen folding tables are arranged… Read more
The Economy Shifted From Ownership to Access and Nobody Announced It
Consider a composite figure who is easy to find in any American city right now: a healthcare administrator, say, 39… Read more
The Rule Did Not Change. The Household Did.
Something happened in my family recently that I had not expected. As a member of the sandwich generation, we know… Read more
We Are Better Than This
A nation reveals itself in how it treats the most vulnerable. Judges across the country are now raising alarms about… Read more
They Are Team USA Too
There are times in sport when beauty is obvious. A gymnast floats. A skater lands as if gravity signed a… Read more
The World Cup Was Built on Cities It Locked Out
When Philadelphia learned it would host World Cup matches in 2026, city officials projected the usual benefits: tourism revenue, global… Read more
Adaptive Hiring: A Human-Centered Way to Build Future-Ready Teams
Tuesday mornings in shared workspaces look the same across the country. Coffee cups gather beside laptops. Notifications blink with quiet… Read more
What We Learned by Watching What Didn’t Break
Every December, we make the same mistake. We treat the year as something to summarize rather than something to absorb…. Read more