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- How race politics liberated the elites -- A persuasive, counterintuitive, controversial, and important essay explaining how today's racial politics could make things worse, rather than better. #mbi_context -- Jan 11
- Chip Hauss - On Coups and Reconciliation -- The U.S. desperately needs reconciliation at a time when it is going to be especially difficult for us to reconcile. #mbi_frontiers -- Jan 11
- ACLED US Crisis Monitor -- From the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, an impressive and useful collection of data on dangerous conflicts in the US and worldwide. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 11
- Our divided times are an opportunity for empathy. Really. -- If ever there was a time to replace inaccurate, evil stereotypes with genuine understanding and compassion, this is it. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 10
- It’s All About Relationships: Systems-Based Changemaking -- An essay about how the cultivation of relationships can improve things despite the scale and complexity of modern society. #mbi_colleague -- Jan 10
- This Is When the Fever Breaks -- We now have an opportunity to turn away from our divisive politics and remember that we will all be better off if we find a way to work together. #mbi_context -- Jan 10
- Ebrahim Rasool on What America Might Learn From South Africa's 300+ Years of Struggle -- Exceptionally wise advice from South Africa on how to overcome polarization with vision, humanism, inclusion, and a balancing of truth, peace, and justice. #mbi_cci -- Jan 10
- Chip Hauss - On Coups and Reconciliation -- The U.S. is desperately needs reconciliation at a time when it is going to be especially difficult for us to reconcile. -- Jan 07
- These Four Steps Will Help When You’re Stuck--How do some people make major changes happen? -- Introducing "desire paths," and the importance of designing change to follow them whenever possible. -- Dec 18
- ‘How Did We Not Know?’ Gun Owners Confront a Suicide Epidemic -- A rare opportunity for gun advocates and opponents to work together in a spirit of mutual respect to advance a common goal. #mbi_context -- Dec 17
- A Civity Social Contract -- A call for a social contract that arises from and embraces ALL of us. #mbi_colleague -- Dec 17
- Constructive Conflict Initiative -- Given the difficulty of the conflict problems we face, it's clear that there is not going to be a quick solution. We need to start thinking about a longer-term effort. #mbi_cci -- Dec 17
- The Chump Effect -- Progressive policies penalize those who play by the rules and shower benefits on those who don’t. This is a major sources of pushback. #mbi_context -- Dec 17
- Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing? -- A big and overlooked problem--a system that educates more people than society is now able to use--surely can we find a way to put these folks to work. #mbi_context -- Dec 16
- Frontiers Seminar: Authoritarian Populism -- A series of video lectures that apply Massively Parallel Peacebuilding to the interrelated challenges of populism and rising authoritarianism. #mbi_frontiers -- Dec 16
- Reflections on Trust -- Some people do not trust our institutions and policies because those institutions and policies have not proven to be trustworthy. This needs to change. #mbi_colleague -- Dec 16
- Everything Magnified -- Why were the protests and riots of 2020 so explosive? -- A look at the many factors that intensified the summer's escalation spiral and brought us to the brink of large-scale violence. #mbi_context -- Dec 16
- Even in a Pandemic, the Billionaires Are Winning -- Further evidence that the dynamics that produced the United States' grotesque levels of inequality are accelerating not abating. #mbi_context -- Dec 15
- Building Trust -- A handbook for religious leaders strengthening relations between police and communities #mbi_colleague -- Dec 15
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th... Order Problems -- Cynicism, reinventing the wheel, information friction and overload are among the problems that need to be tackled. #mbi_frontiers -- Dec 15
- Alaska voters adopt ranked-choice voting in ballot initiative -- A genuinely interesting, and quite promising electoral reform. #mbi_context -- Dec 15
- Why Big-City Dominance Is a Problem for Democrats -- For Democrats, an explanation of why it will be almost impossible to build a successful political coalition that writes off "flyover" country. #mbi_context -- Dec 14
- Massively Parallel Peacebuilding: "Things You Can Do" Actions -- Here's a start of a list of things you can do to be a part of a Massively Parallel Peacebuilding effort. #mbi_frontiers -- Dec 14
- The Transnational: for Peace by Peaceful Means -- The homepage of The Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research with links to 1000s of articles examining the state of democracy, peace and conflict around the world. #mbi_colleague -- Dec 14
- How to Reconnect Rural and Urban America -- Serious thoughts on how to bridge what is probably the most important political divide in the US---the one between the cities and the countryside. #mbi_context -- Dec 14
