Coffeehouse Civics: A Remedy for the Jitters of Democratic Life
The first stories of the Internet celebrated online forums for public deliberation. We would all learn from one another, and "citizen journalists" would shape innovation in the news.
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John Lewis: Grit in Service to Civic Life
John Lewis: Grit in Service to Public Life How Civic Grit Builds Community and Fights Failure Grit is a funny word. When...
Surviving Election 2020: How will you resist the "prophets of doom?"
Surviving Election 2020: How will you resist the “prophets of doom?” Frederick Douglass’s vision for the United States in 1869 can...
#CivicEDchat: Is this Civic Education's "Sputnik Moment?"
Civic education has failed us. This, at least, is one of the explanations for the surprising election of Donald Trump. Stories since...
What Do You Know about Civic Grit?
Attending a weekend workshop to focus on starting a business, I dug deeper into something Congressman John Lewis calls “good trouble.” The...