Harry Boyte
Harry Boyte is an architect of the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship’s public work approach to civic engagement and democracy, and the creator of Public Achievement. Boyte served as a senior adviser to the National Commission on Civic Renewal and presented research findings at a Camp David seminar on the future of democracy. He is the author of nine books on citizenship, democracy and community organizing, including The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference (2008) and Everyday Politics: Reconnecting Citizens and Public Life (2004). Follow him on Twitter: @HarryBoyte.
ALL POSTS BY Harry Boyte
October 12, 2016A citizen-centered view of democracy emphasizing the agency of the people was widespread in the civil rights movement and is emerging again in the 21st century.
August 25, 2016We live in a society where market values spread without limit, in which we are branding and selling ourselves along with everything else, including public office. How do we stop it?
April 5, 2016Are the crowds that cheer on Trump and Sanders a rabble or the architects of democracy? Donald Trump’s recent success gives an old debate new life.
February 17, 2016Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are both progressives, but they draw on different traditions of progressive reform.
January 15, 2016The media casts Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders as populists. But a civil rights activist reminds us that the great populist movements of the past channeled people's anger into a force for constructive change.
December 16, 2015One side pits winners and losers against each other in a race for the American Dream, while the other wonders what might be possible if we work together to form communities, build schools and create a culture of mutual respect.
