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Our Identity Crisis is Here
Nearly 250 years after its founding, the United States is facing its greatest crisis yet. The crisis is not who’s in the White House, but of identity—our shared beliefs and values that inspire hope and goodness for ourselves and others. Continue reading
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The Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Learning from the Past
The United Nations characterizes the situation on the ground in Gaza as a “worst-case scenario,” including Israel’s continued weaponization of access to food and water as “a war crime.” As the humanitarian crisis grows by the day, so does the… Continue reading
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May Day: Lessons from Haymarket Square
Late in the evening of May 4, 1886, on the near west side of downtown Chicago, Illinois, hundreds of working laborers from across the city gathered for a rally at a well-known produce market, Haymarket Square. Continue reading
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Populism vs. Governance: What Trump’s Leadership Reveals
Political elections in the United States have increasingly been portrayed as an existential battle for liberty and freedom. The war-like language is successful in stoking fear, anxiety, and votes. The Trump campaign and MAGA movement have capitalized on this theme… Continue reading
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The Dangers of Ideological Tyranny in Democracy
The deconstruction of democratic institutions and social progress continues at a manic pace. From the courts to cultural spaces, we are on a trajectory where there will soon be nothing sacred or unaffected by ideological tyrants if left unchecked. Continue reading
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Restoring Hope: Lady Liberty’s Call to Action
Lady Liberty, symbolizing hope and compassion, calls for the tired and poor of the world, as epitomized in Emma Lazarus’s poem, “The New Colossus.” However, America is currently neglecting this ideal, shutting its borders and creating divisions. The nation risks… Continue reading
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The Need for a New Leadership Model Today
With two United States presidents and other world leaders openly expressing their very real and secret intelligence-informed worries in the open about the growing threat of nuclear conflict, the time is now to turn the page on inadequate methods and… Continue reading
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The Way of Nonviolence: Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr.
Violence is anything that subverts the freedom, identity, function, or existence of another. Violence is injustice. It is the outcome when love and equity are undermined. Continue reading
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