Websites
https://choosedemocracy.us (Daniel Hunter)
- Videos (Understand more about what you can do)
- Articles (We are not alone. We can learn from people who have fought autocracies, past and present — inside the US and outside)
https://brianmclaren.net/ (Brian McLaren)
https://beatitudescenter.org/ (John Dear)
Newsletters
Letters from an American (American historian Heather Cox Richardson)
- November 16, 2025 (historical perspective on “aristocracy” in America”)
Today, an ideology of “aristocracy” justifies the fabulous wealth and control of government by an elite that increasingly operates in private spaces that are hard for the law to reach, while increasingly using the power of the state against those it considers morally inferior.
- June 11, 2025 (Conversation with Secretary Buttigieg)
- May 22, 2025 (Passage by House of mega budget bill)
- April 1, 2025 (Senator Cory Booker’s historic 25 hour speech)
- March 17, 2025 (many strands in the dismantling of a government that works for all, silencing of Voice of America)
- March 5, 2025 (In-depth background on Ukraine and political technology)
- February 26, 2025 (Russel Vought and Project 2025)
Low Bow (Artist Jen McCormick)
A personal practice in art and humanity. Visual essays, symbolic portraits, and stories of reverence in unexpected moments.
- June 12, 2025 (The Architecture of Care: Designing AI That Actually Helps)
Updates from Friends Committee on National Legislation (Nonpartisan Quaker organization)
- April 11, 2025 (This Week in the World: What’s Next for Protecting SNAP and Medicaid)
- March 21, 2025 (Collapse of Gaza ceasefire, forcible takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace)
- February 28, 2025 (This Week in the World: Opportunities Amid the Chaos)
- February 14, 2025 (This Week in the World: People and Peace Over Pentagon and Profits)
Diana Butler Bass: The Cottage (See Diana’s bio on her Substack website)
- June 20, 2025 (I was a Stranger)
- February 5, 2025 (How Did We Get Here? The Bigger Picture — 40 minute video)
- January 28, 2025 (What Are We Going to Do? Preparing my house to withstand the wildfire of the next four years)
The Atlantic
The Atlantic Trump’s Return: a newsletter in which Atlantic writers help you understand the second Trump presidency.
- Example: March 5, 2025 (Democrats Are Acting Too Normal and Trump, by Any Means Necessary)
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans by Jeffery Goldberg. See also Letters from an American, March 24, 2025 by Helen Cox Richardson
The Guardian
Washington Post
Example: May 20, 2025 (White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.)
Democracy Refreshed — A 10-week course on how to renovate the republic, from Post Opinions.
- Example: Civic education for democracy
Education
Educating for American Democracy