What Founders of America can Teach about Happiness
What Founders of America can Teach about Happiness This podcast features Jeffrey Rosen, President of The National Constitution Center which, according to him, is the only institution in America chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the U. S. Constitution among the American people on a nonpartisan basis. In this episode, he delves […]
The Stump
The Stump This non-partisan tool makes it easy for you to participate in direct democracy in a real-time, social, and impactful way. Three main features: (1) Provides non-partisan and understandable information easy to access, including topic summaries, details, arguments, and news. (2) Allows you to create and review citizen-created summaries, arguments, and a news feed […]
The Native American Government That Inspired the US Constitution
The Native American Government That Inspired the US Constitution The constitutional framers may have viewed Indigenous people of the Iroquois Confederacy as inferior, but that didn’t stop them from admiring their federalist principles. I want to Learn and I have under 10 minutes Source: History.com Functional Sector: Hub Date Added: 2022-03-01 Category: Democracy and Voting […]
Our Democracy Phone Banks
Our Democracy Phone Banks Work together to demand bold changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not big corporations or special interests by joining any of our phonebank calls every Sunday (6-8p EDT), Tuesday (4-6p EDT) and Friday (4-6p EDT). We are working to get candidates on the record […]
Mind Our Democracy Video
Mind Our Democracy Video Mind Our Democracy is a community of meditation, mindfulness, and yoga practitioners who recognize voting as an extension of contemplative practice. When we participate regularly and fully in our democracy, we protect its integrity and contribute to our collective well-being. Whether you’re registering for the first time or need to find […]
Love and the Blue Pearl in the Time of Harris and Trump
Love and the Blue Pearl in the Time of Harris and Trump As our culture and humanity evolves, harnessing our love and compassion, recognizing our innermost reality, can bring us together. “Love is the only force that can make things one without destroying them” (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin). I want to Learn and I have […]
How to counter today’s tribalism and build ‘a more perfect union’
How to counter today’s tribalism and build ‘a more perfect union’ Federal judges rarely write newspaper op-eds. Rarer still: a joint op-ed by two assumed foes. In this era of poisonous tribalism, what could these two judges agree on? I want to Learn and I have under 10 minutes Source: The Washington Post Functional Sector: […]
Democracy and the Epistemic Commons
Democracy and the Epistemic Commons Only a new movement for cultural enlightenment can harness the energy needed to reboot and revamp our ailing institutions—or generate new ones entirely—and thereby restore our democracy. I want to Learn and I have between 10 and 30 minutes Source: Consilience Project Functional Sector: Governance Date Added: 2022-03-01 Category: Democracy […]
Democracy and Getting Out the Vote
Democracy and Getting Out the Vote Most of us are proud to live in a democracy, where we have a say in what happens to our society. But where did that come from? And how do we safeguard it during these unprecedented times of division? The short answer: be informed and vote. We do not […]