In a nation where half the citizens don’t vote, who cares about civics? Kelley Brown and her students, that’s who.
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With America flat on its back, “Town Meeting of the Air” revived the conversation of democracy.
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Setting out to describe democracy, he created a lasting portrait of Us, the People
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In a savage and sizzling summer, Mississippi’s Freedom Schools were beacons of hope.
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Martin Gardner was interested in everything and made everything interesting.
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The commons was doomed, economists said. Elinor Ostrom disagreed and won a Nobel.
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Think the Midwest is just corn country? The annual Great American Think-off will make you think again.
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When Will Durant asked the wise about “the meaning of life,” he got the usual answers. Then he asked a prisoner.
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Others saw TV as mindless, but George Gerbner saw it as mean. And he had the data to prove it.
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