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- Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal -- A great overview of good ways and the bad ways in which the pandemic and the election are changing the way we communicate online. #mbi_context -- Apr 28
- It’s Not Too Late to Go on Offense Against the Coronavirus -- This is a picture of what an effective campaign against COVID-19 looks like. We need better ideas for overcoming the political obstacles to doing this. #mbi_context -- Apr 28
- Digital peacebuilding and the pandemic (part 1: why it matters) -- Food for thought for peacebuilders struggling to adapt their efforts to defuse today's us-vs-them conflicts to the new, social distance environment. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 27
- States Reopening -- The Flip Side is an interesting effort to highlight reasonable arguments being offered on the left and the right. This issue looks at "reopening." #mbi_context -- Apr 27
- Vanquish the Virus? Australia and New Zealand Aim to Show the Way -- The Coronavirus is a great natural experiment. It is showing us which governments and forms of governance actually work. We should learn from this. #mbi_context -- Apr 24
- Who Has Enough Cash to Get Through the Coronavirus Crisis? -- Unconscionable, business-as-usual levels of inequality are no longer viable. This needs to be addressed with the same urgency as the virus itself. #mbi_context -- Apr 23
- We Are Living in a Failed State -- Those of us living in the US need to admit that we are living in something precariously close to a failed state. We have to find a way to fix this! #mbi_context -- Apr 23
- We Need Great Leadership Now, and Here’s What It Looks Like -- For those in leadership roles (and those looking for good leaders), sound advice from Dov Seidman on how best to meet the Coronavirus challenge. #mbi_context -- Apr 22
- Trump Reaches Back Into His Old Bag of Populist Tricks -- Sadly, efforts to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 are going to have to overcome deliberate efforts to undermine collaboration. #mbi_context -- Apr 22
- A Different Kind of Civil-Service Nonprofit -- An inspiring story about FUSE, an effort to match volunteer, mid-career professionals with local governments in need of need their skills. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 21
- Bystanders -- It's time for those caught in the middle to take a more active role in limiting the many ways in which they are harmed by the fights of others. #mbi_fundamentals -- Apr 21
- We Need a New Social Contract for the Coronavirus -- A hopeful call for a new and realistic social contract capable of taming COVID-19. The key is to reduce social contacts by 65% from pre-virus levels. #mbi_context -- Apr 21
- The News Is Making People Anxious. You’ll Never Believe What They’re Reading Instead. -- A hopeful trend: we are paying more attention to those who are doing things worth celebrating and less attention to reasons for hating others. #mbi_context -- Apr 17
- A grocery store owner on his beloved New Orleans community amid coronavirus -- For those of us stuck at home with Insta-Cart, a chance to hear what shopping is really like for the less fortunate and a reason to help. #mbi_context -- Apr 17
- As Fighters Lay Down Arms To Combat Coronavirus, We Must Pick Up the Tools To Build Peace -- The Coronavirus is creating opportunities to diffuse some of the world's most terrible conflicts. A USIP essay on how to take advantage of these opportunities. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 17
- Are We at the Start of a New Protest Movement? -- Our most vulnerable citizens need effective ways of calling attention to their plight. And, the rest of us need to listen and respond with generosity. #mbi_context -- Apr 16
- The Global Coronavirus Crisis Is Poised to Get Much, Much Worse -- We got ourselves into such terrible trouble by ignoring danger signs. We shouldn't repeat the mistake as the crisis unfolds. #mbi_context -- Apr 16
- Global Pandemics, National Borders, and Political Problem-Solving -- In this pre-COVID-19 essay, Ken Cloke shares 10 steps needed to respond effectively to pandemics and other similar global threats. #mbi_knowbase -- Apr 16
- How to Increase Happiness, According to Research -- Something for our deeply divided society to contemplate as we face an uncertain future: What, exactly as happiness and how is it best pursued? #mbi_context -- Apr 15
- Civity Blog -- Bridging Divides to Strengthen Communities -- Looking for ideas on how, in the midst of the pandemic, to help people to create authentic, empathetic, and meaningful relationships with people who differ from themselves? -- Apr 14
- Nonviolent Conflict News -- A excellent window into the world of nonviolent protest movements that, somehow, seldom seem to make it into the mainstream, "respectable" media. #mbi_context -- Apr 14
- Dharma Talk at Upaya Zen Center with John Paul Lederach -- In one of the new, Coronavirus-era Zoom lectures, John Paul Lederach applies his theory of the Moral Imagination to COVID-19. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 14
- What We Don't Know About the Coronavirus -- A sobering look at the many uncertainties that will continue to surround COVID-19. We have to learn how to sensibly deal with them. #mbi_context -- Apr 14
- Trusting News project: Helping journalists earn news consumers’ trust -- It's easy to lament the public's distrust of quality journalism. Trusting News is an organization that is actually trying to do something about it. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 13
- Politics, Dialogue, and the Evolution of Democracy -- Ken Cloke -- There is an alternative to all-out, us-vs-them politics. For those who want to learn about it, this is a good place to start. #mbi_knowbase -- Apr 13
