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What IF… We Took Notes from Wendell Berry and Dolly Parton on Being a Good Citizen? (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Wendell Berry and Dolly Parton both died this past week, leaving many of us a little more bereft than we expected. Even though they both came from rural Appalachian Kentucky and Tennessee, they became almost radically different cultural icons—at least on the surface. Berry became one of America’s fiercest critics of industrialization, consumerism, and the destruction of local communities. Parton became one of America’s most successful entertainers and entrepreneurs who turned her we
What IF... We Asked What Should Be Mine—and What Should Be Ours? (opens the original)
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Dear friends,Most of us think we know what it means to own something. It’s the house we live in, the ideas we create, the business we start. Ownership is either ours or it isn’t. Yet throughout history, societies have debated where private rights end and public interests begin. Where should we draw the line between “mine” and “ours”?That question is at the center of a major national debate unfolding right now. This month, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law, marking the first signifi
What IF...the World Cup Helps Create a Greater Global "We" (opens the original)
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Dear Friends, One of the Interactivity Foundation’s core values is “Creating a Greater We.” This is based on the belief that democracy is strengthened when people expand their sense of belonging beyond those who look like them, think like them, vote like them, or live where they live. Collaborative discussion doesn’t ask us to abandon our identities. It invites us to recognize that our communities are larger—and our common humanity deeper—than we often imagine.Every four years, the FIFA World Cu
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