by Shellee O'Brien | Reading LIst
Reading List: What the Warmth of Other Suns Tells Us about the American Dream The Warmth of Other Suns is the story of the American Dream turned backwards or inside out. It’s a story that’s absolutely necessary to understand before we use that idea of the...
by Shellee O'Brien | Reading LIst
The Unanswered Questions of the American Presidency and the Constitution #CitizensRead Book Club picks up a constitutional guide to what future presidents need to know. A recent appeals court decision acknowledged a concession many have resisted. Twitter has...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Open Tab
August 11, 2017 Returning to the fight to find something smart to read and we’re keeping our cool. No easy feat given the climate change report leaked recently suggests it’s nothing but record-setting high temps from here on out. Maybe devastation is the new black....
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery
In today’s political forum, no one is looking to start another argument. It’s still true, however, that a good argument can make all the difference in what happens next. Good arguments require connecting ideas. Listening to one another and thinking through a...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery
Attending a weekend workshop to focus on starting a business, I dug deeper into something Congressman John Lewis calls “good trouble.” The question presented asked for a story about grit. Not all grit aims to serve our political community but there’s...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Open Tab
Three themes from the week ending May 6th, 2017 The push to make 100 days matter dumped a whole lot of headlines on everyone this week. It was tempting to stick with Star Wars socks and not so fun facts about the Civil War for this round. Too Simple Math A single-page...
