President Obama’s eulogy for John McCain on September 1, 2018 included these thought-provoking words from For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. (This quote was one of McCain’s favorites.)
“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that…
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Thursday morning, August 16, the editorial pages of more than 350 newspapers around the United States were filled with arguments in support of a free and independent press in response to a call from The Boston Globe’s editorial board to confront President Trump’s recent attacks on the media.Thursday afternoon, the U.S.…
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It has been overwhelming to listen to the news over the past month – immigrant children cruelly separated from their parents at our border with Mexico, decisions by the Supreme Court, and the resignation of a Supreme Court justice that opens the door for the president’s next appointment. This justice will likely make decisions…
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By Kathie England, inspired by Barack Obama
At the end of the Obama Foundation Summit late last year, President Obama closed the event by holding up a commitment card and asking attendees to answer this question:
What action are you going to take to make concrete local change in the next few…
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“Ranting is not journalism!”
Those were the words of Ann Curry, an American journalist for the past 30 years and the final speaker at TEDx Portland on April 21, 2018.
Journalism, described by Curry as a “noble calling,” is about truth and trust. The motive of journalism is the public good.
An informed citizen has the responsibility…
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What does it mean to be an American?
Eric Liu, who served as speechwriter for President Clinton and was nominated by President Obama to serve on the board of directors of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service, asked that question.
In 2014 Liu launched the Aspen Institute Program on Citizenship and American Identity to…
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