Introduces the idea of community in school and explores ways to be an active citizen in that environment, including building a consensus, voting, planning an event, and solving problems collectively.
An uplifting account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
Recounts the transformation of American democracy after the 1965 passage of the Voting Rights Act and discusses how a half-century later the issues of race, representation and political power are just as heated as ever before.
Builds on the author's experience as an inner-life explorer and social change activist to analyze the personal and social infrastructure of American politics, outlining a political model that is built on philosophies of compassion, creativity and difference resolution.