Strengthening democracy starts with better monitoring of our civic health
Moore-Vissing is associate director for national engagement
at
, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization
dedicated to creating a stronger, more inclusive, more participatory democracy for everyone. This is the third in an occasional series.
The events of the past year including the pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and the insurrection in the Capitol have shown our nation what happens when we don t address civic challenges or risk factors.
Similar to a dry forest that can become inflamed by a tiny spark, when we don t pay attention to threats to our civic health, one incident can set off a series of chain reactions. For instance, the public s lack of trust in government, which has been steadily declining for some time, has contributed to prolonging the pandemic in multiple ways, including people s unwillingness to wear facemasks or become vaccinated.
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Bird Song of the Day
From Peru, another
tour de force. Macaulay supplies waveforms for each audio clip, which is a good way to sort for what might be interesting. Most bird species have similar waveforms for all the clips (differences come from other birds, or buzzing insects, or automobile noises). Not so the mockingbird! Most of the waveforms differm even within species!
#COVID19
At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap?
Keep White Supremacists Out of the Military by Never Letting Them In
In this Sept. 1, 2018 photo, a Ku Klux Klan member waves a Klan flag during the Ku Klux Kookout where counter protests by anti-hate groups were also held at Jaycee Park in Madison, Ind. (Michelle Pemberton/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
5 Feb 2021 Military.com | By Chris Marvin
Chris Marvin is a former Army helicopter pilot and combat-wounded veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He consults with nonprofits on how to engage veterans on high-priority social issues.
They stormed the Capitol wearing camouflage fatigues, body armor, tactical helmets and zip-tie restraints. Clearly, many amongst the domestic terrorists who attacked the United States in Washington on Jan. 6 fetishized the military. Now, we have learned that nearly one in five of the insurrectionists arrested thus far are, in fact, military veterans.