Living Democracy, Feeding Hope

Making it easier for young people to vote is a great way to increase participation, making our democracy live up to its ideals. Originally Published in Common Dreams , Aug 26th, 2025. (Photo Credit Garry Knight/Creative Commons) With democracy under attack in the US, a worldwide movement to lower the voting age is growing. This July, the United Kingdom announced it would lower the voting age from 18 to 16 in general elections. When the bill passes, the UK will join Brazil,

We must explicitly name the culprits that are creating an environment rife with both climate catastrophe and conditions hostile to children and families—corporate power and concentrated wealth. Originally Published in Common Dreams , July 25th, 2025. (Photo Credit Rose Shpernik/Creative Commons) Mounting concern over declining birth rates , the devastation of the climate crisis , and a rising conservative pronatalist movement have led to a renewed focus on population. People

In focusing on Trump’s shocking amorality we risk sliding over a painful truth we must embrace to create the democracy we need and want:...

Democracy requires our determination to create a more widely shared understanding of the dangers we face. (Photo Credit Joseph...

Those of us who are citizens are the most protected. So, it’s up to us to do all in our power to sound the alarm bells before it’s too...

If the present strategy of voter suppression by the Republican Party is not stopped, the results of the midterms in two years and the...