American citizens come from diverse backgrounds and hold a range of religious and political beliefs, but we also have a shared set of civic values that define us. These shared civic values include support for individualism, equality, liberty, and freedom of faith. However, American society is currently undergoing massive social and political changes at an […]

Platforms like eBay, Uber, Airbnb, and Freelancer are thriving, growing the digital economy and disrupting existing business. The question is how to ensure that the transformations they entail have a positive impact on society. Here, universal basic income may have a role to play. Few social policy ideas are as hot today as universal basic […]

Chaos is defined as a state of confusion and a total lack of organization or order. During periods of chaos, everything seems like it’s coming apart, and sometimes it really is coming apart. We are living through a period of extreme unpredictability, paralysis, and dysfunction right now in the United States and globally. Leading a […]

One of the ideas that I believe it’s most important to think about is the nature of an existential threat. Since the dawn of the first great empires, various economic, political and social factors have had the possibility to extinguish civilizations and entire peoples. The Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Caliphate, for example, all […]

Religious liberty as a modern term refers to a movement of legislative and political action in the United States that seeks to uphold conservative, mainly Christian values in the face of social and political change perceived to contravene and threaten those values. The movement grew out of opposition to changes that swept society in the […]

Why each side of the partisan divide thinks the other is living in an alternate reality Lauren Griffin, University of Florida and Annie Neimand, University of Florida To some liberals, Donald Trump’s inauguration portends doom for the republic; to many conservatives, it’s a crowning moment for the nation that will usher in an era of […]

Discernment is an important skill that will help you make good decisions in a MultiDentity Age. Discernment is the ability to weigh and judge the experiences and information in your life. The importance of going beneath the surface of an issue to make thoughtful judgments about the issues you’re facing is critical to your success […]

One of the reasons that communicating about identity issues is so challenging in organizations and communities is because of the presence of powerful legacies. A legacy is defined as something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor. Social legacies consist of norms, laws, expectations and behaviors handed down from past generations that govern how […]

Do you look like your name? Who is who? Gonzalo Arnaiz/Unspash Anne-Laure Sellier, HEC School of Management – Universit

Aaron Douglas. “Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction.” Oil on canvas, 1934. The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division. Elizabeth J. West, Georgia State University Though we often discuss World War I through the lens of history, we occasionally do it through literature. When […]