Americans Should Demand More of Our Leaders

1. Are we getting the politicians we deserve?

By Mitch Landrieu at the Aspen Ideas Festival

2. Why won’t bad ideas die?

By Steven Poole in the Guardian

3. How to stop the next terrorist video before it goes viral.

By Patrick Tucker in Defense One

4. Here’s why the Ku Klux Klan thinks it’s winning.

By Jay Reeves at the Associated Press

5. Is gratitude holding us back?

By Taylor Mayol in Ozy

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