This week, Anna Greenstein on Barter Hour, a Minneapolis-based event where neighbors get to know each other by swapping goods and services: join101.substack.com/p/waydatycbd...
We just posted the latest "What Are You Doing Alone That You Could Be Doing Together?" — our JOIN 101 series on people who asked themselves this question and answered it with a new community-building innovation.
Our first listener-submitted reflection for the Lost Prophets community just published, on Ivan Illich and the tension of institutional engagement: www.lostprophets.org/p/deschoolin...
Reflections on F1
This episode we meet David Osorio, who built CrossFit South Brooklyn from a small group working out in a park into an 800-member community hub that hosts fun events, sprouts subgroups, and has raised over half a million dollars for neighborhood causes: join101.substack.com/p/waydatycbd...
At JOIN 101, we just posted the third edition of WHAT ARE YOU DOING ALONE THAT YOU COULD BE DOING TOGETHER?: join101.substack.com/p/waydatycbd...
There's a different way.
News is a public good and so the market will undersupply it.
It should be subsidized and Americans can each decide which media institutions they want to support.
democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...
Train Dreams reflections
Once heard Peter Levine say that there were four pillars of a city's civic life mid-century that most Americans had a connection with: Daily Newspaper, Labor Union, Political Party, Religious Congregation. All four are in crisis—and we need some form of each to be rejuvenated.
The congressional hearing is a dying art, and if we want to heal this country, we need to rejuvenate it. Congressional hearings are like tort law or the jury or the ballot—a foundational pillar of democracy. It's where the people's branch begins responding to public problems.
Bring in Mandelson, Hoffman, Musk, Thiel, Clinton, Dershowitz, Allen, Trump, Ruemmler, etc. and ask about what happened. This is basic responsive governance after a major national scandal—and should be a demand on Dems (and campaign promise by Dems!) if they win in 2026.
There is a very simple low-hanging fruit to start the process of accountability for the Epstein network (and rebuild national trust): Congressional hearings that subpoena all major players mentioned in the release to ask basic questions under oath.
The second edition of WHAT ARE YOU DOING ALONE THAT YOU COULD BE DOING TOGETHER? just dropped: On the appropriately named Jared Joiner, who is supporting local businesses and building civic culture with REVIVAL ROUNDS —> join101.substack.com/p/waydatycbd...
Bugonia reflections
We just published the first edition of "What are you doing alone that you could be doing together?" — a series on civic creators by JOIN 101, the next phase of JOIN OR DIE's mission: join101.substack.com/p/waydatycbd...
We just posted the 20th LOST PROPHETS— on bell hooks, who mixed her Kentucky roots, Christian and Buddhist spirituality, and intersectional feminism to dismantle the systemic barriers we have built to hold back love: www.lostprophets.org/p/20-bell-ho...
“The campaign was powered by an embodied, local patriotism—of city pride and love of neighbor—rather than the imperial, saber-rattling faux ‘patriotism’ that has been misleading us for a quarter century.” ← @petedavis.bsky.social on 2025 themorningnews.org/2025-the-yea...
Nader already listed 22 offenses back in May, before more illegal military actions, abuses of the pardon power, and shady dealing in the months since: nader.org/2025/05/05/l...
Was asked by @themorningnews.org to share what I thought was the most important thing that happened in 2025, and offered the following reflections on the significance of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s campaign:
The latest LOST PROPHETS: WILLIAM H. WHYTE, a lost prophet whose thick observations of the social and physical structures we build and inhabit led to lasting insights — groupthink, Organization Men, urban sprawl, placemaking, and more: www.lostprophets.org/p/19-william...
The message: Trump (and the presidency as a whole) is the end point of elite criminal rot and must be cleaned up and out…as a means to make way for the actual work of delivering with and for the American people an actual agenda that serves their practical, popular interests.
(2) A super concrete materialist populist agenda — wages, benefits, vacation, childcare costs, medical costs, housing costs, corporate oppression, etc. — that directly helps people, while hammering at the contradictions between the GOP’s populist rhetoric and oligarchic results.
The best next move for Dems (and America) is a 2-front project: (1) Maximalist (and justified) impeachment for every one of Trump’s hundreds of impeachable offenses (literally, it should be 100+ counts) to reign in the imperial Presidency and re-establish Congressional authority.
"If you want THE history book for the Zohran era, read
@dlondonwortel.bsky.social's great "The Menace of Prosperity "— a history of various economic alternatives experimented with in New York’s history." @petedavis.bsky.social.
Check it out here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Promotional graphic for a dialogue titled “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” on 10/21 at 7pm EDT at 125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space (9th Floor), Georgetown’s Capitol Campus & Online. Participants include Pete Davis (Writer and Civic Advocate), José Manuel De Urquidi (Juan Diego & Company), Christine Emba (American Enterprise Institute), Stephanie Slade (Reason Magazine), and moderated by Anna Gordon (Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life).
Tomorrow! Join us for “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” on 10/21 at 7pm ET at GU's Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) and online. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST In person? Join the 6pm Happy Hour and 8pm Reception!
Promotional graphic for a dialogue titled “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” on 10/21 at 7pm EDT at 125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space (9th Floor), Georgetown’s Capitol Campus & Online. Participants include Pete Davis (Writer and Civic Advocate), José Manuel de Urquidi (Juan Diego & Company), Christine Emba (American Enterprise Institute), Stephanie Slade (Reason Magazine), and moderated by Anna Gordon (Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life).
How can young people build a culture of solidarity through embracing communication? Join us for the Salt and Light Gathering “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” on 10/21 at 7pm ET at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus online. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
Newest LOST PROPHETS out — on Fr. Daniel Berrigan, the "devout and dangerous" priest who took "blessed are the peacemakers" seriously: www.lostprophets.org/p/18-daniel-...
The major social media presence of the party should be the social media accounts of each local chapter — and the vast majority of their content should be information about the next opportunities to meet up in person with the chapter!
The best "digital team" for the Dems is a non-digital team embedded in every city, participating in local community life, serving neighbors while inviting them to co-create the party together—a local chapter! thenation.com/article/poli...
(Of course, you can care about specific issue positions for governing reasons or just because you think they're good for your side to take up — but I'm just pointing out that if you're making it your whole strategy for winning converts, it might be a misread of how this works.)
