Civic Duty

A Practicing Doctor's Prescription for Health Care Reform

Dr. Jordan Shlain | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home


Dr. Jordan Shlain

The government has no problem regulating Wall Street, nuclear energy, the health care system and the legal system. Where are the regulations for maintaining personal health?

Our Children (and Our Country) Deserve Democratic Schools

Sam Chaltain | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Sam Chaltain

It is possible -- indeed, essential -- for schools to find the right organizational balance between individual freedom and group structure.

Changing Politics From The Bottom Up

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


Arthur Rosenfeld

The more sleaze we see in politics the more all this talk of change becomes not nearly so much a campaign slogan or political rallying cry as a plaintive plea.

This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

Christopher Fink | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Christopher Fink

Many children have been learning about and engaged with this election. This is sure to have an affect on our children's sense of civic responsibility to vote and care about our democracy as they grow up.

A New Age for Individual Service

Tom Nelson and Usher Raymond IV | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


Tom Nelson and Usher Raymond IV

Younger Americans in the millennial generation, many of whom went to schools that required service to graduate, are better prepared for civic engagement than any other generation in our history.