The coronavirus epidemic will have a lasting worldwide impact, to be sure, but it will have a unique native social impact as well, one equal to those brought about by the upheavals of the 1960s and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Already it’s changed the way we see ourselves, and our nationhood.
March 9, 2017We have finally begun to fight back, together, as a massive force of Americans who refuse to let the theft continue.
February 23, 2017David Brooks and his fellow congregants believe it's America's calling to save the world, but their conceit has given rise to Donald Trump.
January 17, 2017Global inequality is growing.
October 8, 2015In 1971, Bill Moyers published his first book, Listening to America: A Traveler Rediscovers His Country. In it, he journeyed 13,000 miles around the United States, a journalist recording his impressions of memorable people, places and events he met or saw along the way. “Most people want to be generous," he wrote. “They expect their nation to have visions of justice even if they themselves act unjustly. They expect from their country an ethos, an ...
June 2, 2015South Africans surprised everyone by transitioning to a relatively peaceful post-apartheid society. Here’s what Americans can learn.
May 13, 2015It's possible to break down poverty's imprisoning walls, but it takes outside influences, support networks, awareness of other opportunities and access to resources.
September 19, 2014Environmental statutory processes do not prohibit harm: they permit it. But an ancient legal principle may provide solutions.
