Society
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Advocates of community supported agriculture believe their radical model addresses many of the problems that plague large-scale farming today.
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American politics is in peril. Now is the time to replace our broken bargaining tables with more deliberative democracy.
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For low-income families, the move toward direct, broad cash benefits might prove to have a long-lasting impact once the COVID pandemic ends.
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Rather than view recent political failings as flaws inherent to liberalism, we might be better served by focusing on the decline in trust.
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Some people consider democracy a good thing only if it gets them the outcome they want. Perhaps the US just needs more democratic reforms.
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Without a shared mythos or communal rituals, we face not only the physical threat of coronavirus but also an epidemic of hopelessness.
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We’re not only facing a crisis of loneliness but we’re atomized. Our systems seem designed to further undermine social fabric and place.
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Just political systems secure the means of living satisfying private lives while political saturation crowds out key aspects of a good life.