The second Trump administration’s anti-constitutional project was on full display in Minneapolis, specifically its disregard for civil liberties, demonization of immigrants based on falsehoods, and … [Read more...] about Minneapolis Showed the Efficacy of Civil Resistance. American Jews Have Done This Before
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How Catholics have defended free elections—and why they must do so again
In his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV warns against a “culture of power” where efficiency and domination replace human dignity and the common good. Although the document is … [Read more...] about How Catholics have defended free elections—and why they must do so again
The Authoritarianism We Have Not Yet Confronted
By Jarvis Williams What the Rooms Told Me Over the past three years, first as Director for Race and Democracy and most recently as a Democracy Fellow with the Horizons Project, I have had the … [Read more...] about The Authoritarianism We Have Not Yet Confronted
Our Relationship to The Future: Narratives, Imagination Skills and Futures Literacy
How do we think and talk about the future? This is one of the tension points Horizons has identified within the social change ecosystem: our different feelings about and relationships to the future … [Read more...] about Our Relationship to The Future: Narratives, Imagination Skills and Futures Literacy
Strategy Is Not the Problem: Why Issue-Based and Systems Approaches Break Under Pressure without Defensible Decisions
The Familiar Choice – and Why It Feels Real Organizations across the nonprofit sector—particularly those focused on protecting or strengthening democratic institutions—are operating under … [Read more...] about Strategy Is Not the Problem: Why Issue-Based and Systems Approaches Break Under Pressure without Defensible Decisions
Faith as a Civic Counterweight in the Southeast: A Philanthropic Case for Investing in Faith‑Based Civic Formation
On a Sunday morning in Mississippi, a pastor rises to speak. The sermon may begin with scripture, but it rarely ends there. It stretches into the realm of public life — into questions of authority, … [Read more...] about Faith as a Civic Counterweight in the Southeast: A Philanthropic Case for Investing in Faith‑Based Civic Formation
