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Wishing for relief among languishing and grief
Two years into a world-changing pandemic, joylessness and aimlessness can lead to emptiness and stagnation all too easily, Liz Codina writes.
Step away from the screen and into the world
Even in a world saturated with screens telling us how lousy things are and why we should hate one another, there are ways to take stock and stay united, Ronda Graff writes.
Practicing ‘radical hope’
More than a personal mood or private feeling, ‘radical hope’ is the basis of collective social and political action. It is the ‘we’ as in ‘we shall overcome,’ in ‘we the people,’ and in ‘we are in this together,’ Laurien Alexandre writes.
Hope persists
Hope is not ignorant of current events, nor phased by pandemic. Hope understands the social climate of anger and distrust that citizens have against the government and many levels of political leadership. And it carries on.
Lessons in calling out authority – and keeping faith in it
Skepticism of our leaders is quintessentially American, Jordan Martin writes. And so is our trust in our processes, institutions, and one another.
Why risk it? Because we’re Americans, that’s why.
If we focus on how our freedoms can be used to benefit not just ourselves but also our neighbors and our community, we will take the calculated risk to set aside our fear and desire for complete control.
Time to plant some ‘trees’
Today’s community-building can result in an enduring quality of life – but that requires us to fight our tendency to expect everything immediately, Tammy Day writes.
We can all play a part in this homecoming story
Hundreds of Afghan evacuees will be calling Nebraska home, and we can be an engaged, positive part of their new reality.
Going to the source – not to the symptoms – of civic pain
Public anger can be misleading, Kevin Shinn writes, making it easy to overlook the real issues that are causing the problem and to get sidetracked by the symptoms demanding immediate relief.