Authors & Essays

I often say a vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and our children, and our prayers are stronger when we pray together. Democracy is the political enactment of a spiritual idea that each of us has within ourselves a spark of the divine.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the nation is reflecting on its identity as the land of opportunity and a global leader in innovation across sectors.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, many Americans are thinking about the country’s history and the values it was built on. Opportunity and progress have always been at the center of the American story.

Mayor Jacob Frey on the State of Black Minneapolis, immigration enforcement, and leading in this moment.

Rent is due Friday.  Payday is not until next Wednesday.  For a home health aide in Memphis or a warehouse worker in Reno, that six-day gap is not an abstraction.  It is the critical place where a car's gas tank goes unfilled, a light bill goes unpaid, or a desperate family resorts