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Published in: TransformationEscaping from the echo-chambers of politics
How can people who spend their lives discussing politics sometimes be so out of touch? Español
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Published in: TransformationScorn wars: rural white people and us
What could end the cycle of mutual ignorance, resentment, and anger in politics?
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Published in: TransformationWhy we should embrace the good, the bad and the ugly
Since democracy is a form of dependency on the will of others, we need to work a lot harder to overcome our...
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Published in: TransformationHow democracy vouchers could combat big money in politics
Across the USA, voters are pushing for public-matching systems to replace the influence of wealthy bankrollers in elections.
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Published in: TransformationWhy politics needs more in-betweeners
Human psychology makes people suspicious of opposing perspectives, but seeing both sides of an argument is not a weakness.
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Published in: TransformationHow can we make our politics reflect what’s best in us and not what’s worst?
Both inner and outer change are essential for political transformation.
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Published in: TransformationIf you want change, learn when to argue and when to stop
Getting stuck in the wrong fights can eat up energy—so learn to use it wisely.
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Published in: TransformationTransformative democracy: bringing the outside world in
Is there hope for a new politics in European institutions? One insider-outsider says yes.
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Published in: TransformationWhy we need young people to create the new politics
Activism from young people against the callous actions of the establishment is growing, despite the growing...
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Published in: TransformationThey cut, we bleed: activists are fighting cuts to domestic violence services
Intimate partner violence kills two women a week, while around the UK refuges are forced to close. Sisters Uncut...
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Published in: TransformationCan the Working Families Party succeed in America?
The United States is shifting to the left. What happens next?
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Published in: TransformationWhy revolution is no longer possible
The tough logic of capitalism prevails even at the heart of the sharing economy. As nice as it may be to share, no...
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Published in: TransformationCan non-Western democracy help to foster political transformation?
Democratic renewal is urgently needed everywhere, and in that process all societies can learn from each other.
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Published in: TransformationAll you need is a politics of love
After the US Supreme Court marriage equality ruling, campaigners chanted “love has won” and “#lovewins” was a...
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Published in: TransformationBeyond electoral scapegoating: now is the time to love, learn and listen
Have faith in each other. It will be richly rewarded. True democracy cannot be built on anything else.
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Published in: TransformationIf you care about politics, don't vote
“Vote!” urge the party politics fans, waving their General Election sign-up sheets. But voting is the least...
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Published in: TransformationShould compassion be an election issue?
Compassion isn’t the property of Labour or the Conservatives, but when both parties embrace it does it mean anything at all?
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Published in: TransformationThese American cities are fighting for control over electricity and the internet
State politicians are governed by check-writers in the energy and telecommunications businesses, but cities are pushing back.
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Published in: TransformationThe people’s state of the union: re-imagining U.S. politics
Could the U.S. President’s annual address be reconfigured as a playful, reflective and connective civic ritual? Here’s how.
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Published in: TransformationThe political emotions of Martha Nussbaum
Why does love matter for democracy? A conversation with one of the world’s leading philosophers.