Pride is Europe’s annual democracy test
A society that won’t defend its most targeted citizens is only defending a restricted version of democracy. Pride Month 2026…
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Without Solidarity, Freedom Fails
Chris Kremidas-Courtney We Americans like to tell ourselves a comforting story; that our deepest political value is freedom. Freedom of…
2026: Let’s Choose What Comes Next
As we step into 2026, our most important work won’t be in predicting what comes next but in choosing how…
American Democracy: Between Athens and Rome
By Chris Kremidas-Courtney Democracy is the voice of the people and the republic is the structure that carries it into…
The Democratic Value of Small Talk
by Chris Kremidas-Courtney Lately, it has become fashionable to mock small talk. Numerous writers dismiss it as shallow or a…
Threads of Belonging: Rethinking Freedom and Democracy
By Chris Kremidas-Courtney Why Belonging Is the Antidote to Democratic Fragmentation In the Andean highlands, the Quechua concept of pacha…