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What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies

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A statistical look at a critical dimension of cultural diversity -- differing assessments of what makes life meaningful.

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More than 1,000 professors sign on to ‘Stanford Academic Freedom Declaration’

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For those interested in defending academic freedom and the ability of universities to help us really solve problems, a report on the campaign to build support for the "Chicago Trifecta."

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A Dispatch from the Exhausted Majority

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A comprehensive look at how the extreme us-vs-them rhetoric of the hard left and the hard right is viewed by the majority of voters who inhabit the political center.

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When Partisans Cry Wolf

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An exceptionally clear explanation of how democracy is actually being undermined by the many ways in which the left and the right frame their political opponents as existential threats to democracy.

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The New Woke Discrimination Demands a New Law

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From the Wall Street Journal, a carefully reasoned explanation of what those on the right see as today's big civil rights issue (and a proposed remedy) -- a controversial viewpoint worth understanding.

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Slouching Towards Utopia

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A review of an important new book, "Slouching Towards Utopia," that offers a complexity-oriented view of the chaotic forces that have produced widespread economic prosperity.

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A Good-Will Government Was Possible in Israel

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From Naftali Bennett, lessons learned from Israel's attempt to govern across deep political divides -- an attempt that focused on the "70/70 rule" (the 70% of issues that 70% of Israelis agree upon).

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Five Strategies to Support U.S. Democracy

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A really first-rate article that, from a different perspective and in a different way, is trying to do what Beyond Intractability is trying to do with our Hyper- Polarization Discussion.

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The public has a role in defending and sustaining democracy

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Places to start: strengthening the electoral system, encouraging the value of public service, and focusing less on identity that divides us and more on commonalities that unite.

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