If democracy is unraveling, what can save it? Scholar, author, and nonprofit leader Danielle Allen joins The Commons in Conversation to talk about a range of solutions championed by philanthropy and nonprofits. These include reform of institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court, investment in civics education, and a rekindling of civic spirit in local communities. Allen leads the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and is director of Democratic Knowled...
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If democracy is unraveling, what can save it? Scholar, author, and nonprofit leader Danielle Allen joins The Commons in Conversation to talk about a range of solutions championed by philanthropy and nonprofits. These include reform of institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court, investment in civics education, and a rekindling of civic spirit in local communities. Allen leads the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and is director of Democratic Knowled...
Barbara Kingsolver: How Did Urban and Rural America Become Enemies?
The Commons in Conversation
34 minutes
3 months ago
Barbara Kingsolver: How Did Urban and Rural America Become Enemies?
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver frequently writes and talks about the origins of — and cure for — what she calls "urban-rural antipathy." Her most recent novel, Demon Copperhead, aims to dismantle stereotypes of her native Appalachia that she says infect politics and contribute to a mutual loathing between urban and rural Americans. Kingsolver joins Chronicle of Philanthropy deputy opinion editor Nandita Raghuram for a conversation about her writing and philanthropy's r...
The Commons in Conversation
If democracy is unraveling, what can save it? Scholar, author, and nonprofit leader Danielle Allen joins The Commons in Conversation to talk about a range of solutions championed by philanthropy and nonprofits. These include reform of institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court, investment in civics education, and a rekindling of civic spirit in local communities. Allen leads the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and is director of Democratic Knowled...
