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The idea of local-level American renewal may once have seemed cute or quaint. Now more and more communities and institutions are seeing it a key to national progress.| Our Towns
An article by Harvard professor Danielle Allen argues that the Trump Administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education could be a first step toward bringing the political left and right together with academic leaders to establish a “much needed fresh relationship between America and higher education.” The post Why Trump’s Compact for Higher Education Has Bipartisan Potential appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Democracy depends not only on elections or debates, but on the daily habits of care our institutions cultivate. Those habits must be practiced. And they begin, often, with something as small as a child asking his father for money; not for himself, but for someone he may never meet. The post Teaching Democracy, One Walk at a Time appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
A healthy democracy depends on those same habits: patience, attention, and stewardship. A society that forgets how to slow down—how to gather, deliberate, and give thanks—risks losing the capacity for self-government. The post Finding America in a Brooklyn Etrog Market appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
California's agricultural Central Valley—so rich in output, so poor in median income—is the focal point of trends in immigration, in education, in political trends, in sustainability. The post Finding the City of Lost Hills appeared first on Our Towns.| Our Towns
Americans like to know where they are from—and like to think about where they might go. These contradictory realities are part of America's past, and of its future opportunities. The post The Enduring Power of Place appeared first on Our Towns.| Our Towns
The idea of local-level American renewal may once have seemed cute or quaint. Now more and more communities and institutions are seeing it a key to national progress.| Our Towns
