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Envisioning a New U.S. Civic Culture: A Coalescing of Ideas

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A summary of three different articles all explaining what is being, can, and must be done to regain citizen agency and put our small-r republican form of government back on track.

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Joan Blades, Co-Founder of Living Room Conversations on the Value of Bridging

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Joan Blades, founder of MoveOn and Livingroom Conversations talks about why bridging is still important, and how one can advocate for progressive causes, but also be a peacebuilder with the right at the same time. (It is a question of looking short term and long term, she says.)

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Joan Blades, founder of MoveOn and Livingroom Conversations talks about why bridging is still important, and how one can advocate for progressive causes, but also be a peacebuilder with the right at the same time. (It is a question of looking short term and long term, she says.)

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ChatGPT's "Vision" of a Power-With Democracy — a Window into the Better Angels of Our Nature

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What might a power-with democracy look like? ChatGPT has some ideas. Can we live up to them?

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Peter Adler -- The Next '68: Cycles of History and a “What’s Coming” Scenario

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Peter Adler reflects on what he learned years ago in the Peace Corps and how that applies to what was happening in the U.S. at the time (the late 60s) and to what is happening now. His observations are sobering.

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Comments on Chip Hauss's Peacebuilding Starts at Home

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Sanda Kaufman, Harry Boyte, and Guy and Heidi Burgess share their thoughts about Chip's Peacebuilding Starts at Home Initiative. (Spoiler, we like it...but have some questions/suggested tweaks.)

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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of January 25, 2026

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The news is getting ahead of us! LOTS of stuff going on and people writing thoughtful pieces about what to make of it all.

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Revisiting the "Crane Brinton Effect": Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Gaza, and the U.S. - Part 2

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This is the second in a series on the Crane Brinton Effect, showing how it relates to the U.S., even though we haven't (thank heavens!) had a violent revolution. Considering its implications now can help prevent one.

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Revisiting the "Crane Brinton Effect" in Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Gaza, and the U.S. - Part I

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The first of a two-part essay looking at how hard it is to bring about democracy after a revolution, and why continued oppression is more likely. Here we apply this to Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and Gaza.

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