National Civic Review
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Revitalizing the American Commonwealth
An alternative to the divided and privatized nature of today’s political environment lies in our own civic history: commonwealth politics, a tradition rooted in the idea that citizens are central to democracy and caring for the public good.
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The Geography of Discontent and What Democratic Innovations Can Do About It
Even promising democratic innovations can frequently fall short because they fail to elevate the well-being of people in economically disadvantaged regions. What’s missing is a democratic system that is geographically integrated and institutionally enables collective decision-making in development, infrastructure, and investment.
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Story as Strategy: Reframing Civic Engagement Through the Narratives We Live
Stories provide the invisible, evolutionary infrastructure of human society. They make belief systems, identity formation, and collective action possible through the shared narratives by which we understand ourselves and others.
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