Tony Wharton
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Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After falling steadily for decades, the rate of violent crime in the United States rose again in 2015 and 2016. Interactions between citizens and police too often end in violence. People are increasingly worried about safety in their communities. How should we ensure that Americans of every race and background are treated with respect and fairness? What should we do to ensure that the police have the support they need to fairly enforce the law? To...
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English
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Every American is affected by the divisions and outrage that prevent us from making progress on urgent problems. This issue guide is designed to help people deliberate together about how we should approach the issue. These are difficult questions, and there are no easy answers:
Should we require more accurate, respectful discussion in the media and online, or would that stifle free speech?
Should we reform politics and government to encourage compromise,...
Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For many Americans, the recovery from the 2007 recession, a recovery that officially began in 2009, feels very remote, or nonexistent. Even as the stock market surges and millions of jobs have been created, they see a very different picture. Many Americans still believe in the basic notion that anyone who works hard should be able to support a family and get ahead. What can we do to make that happen?
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English
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Journalism as a Democratic Art is an edited collection of 16 essays by Cole Campbell (1954–2007), former newspaper editor, dean at the University of Nevada School of Journalism, and a colleague of the Kettering Foundation. These essays reflect Campbell's effort to rethink some of the underlying assumptions that he believed kept his craft at a distance from citizens. To Campbell, readers were not just consumers of information but citizens facing...
Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Economic Security: How Should We Take Charge of Our Future? As the nation slowly recovers from its worst recession in decades, it is a good time to ask how we can best take charge of the future, so families can feel reasonably secure, parents can help their children prosper, and everyone can move toward a financially stable retirement. This issue guide presents three options to consider: Act More Responsibly with Our Money Option One says that by...
Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A Nation in Debt (2014) How Can We Pay the Bills? This issue book asks: What should we do about the national debt? In addressing it, we have many things to consider and weigh. This book lays out three possible options to approach the national debt. Each suggests actions that we might take to address it, but every action has trade-offs we should consider. By working through each option, we can come to our own individual and collective decisions about...
Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
America is slowly coming out of a long recession. Unemployment, after peaking at 10 percent in 2009, has fallen below 8 percent; more new homes are being built, although just gradually. Despite the heavy blow we've taken in the last few years, the US economy is very large and still growing ... We have significant resources, but they are finite. What direction should we take? This issue guide offers three possible options to consider: Keep Tightening...
Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Mental Illness in America: How Do We Address a Growing Problem? One in five Americans will have mental health problems in any given year. Unaddressed mental illness hurts individuals and their families and results in lost productivity. In rare cases, it can result in violence. This issue guide presents a framework that asks: How can we reduce the impact of mental illness in America? The issue guide presents three options for consideration: Put safety...
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English
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Our nation's debt has never been larger, and it has the potential to affect not only each of us, but future generations. This issue guide is designed to support people deliberating together about how we should approach the issue. There is no perfect solution, but by considering three different approaches to dealing with the debt, we can try to understand the viewpoints of others and reflect on what is most important to us. Each option sees the debt...