How Positive Engagement Can Bring the Exhausted Majority Back Into Politics
26 Jun
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How Positive Engagement Can Bring the Exhausted Majority Back Into Politics

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Politics tamfitronics By Sami Sage and Emily Amick With only months to go before a redo of the 2020 presidential election, which offers two candidates many Americans are apathetic about, finding ways to reinvigorate civic engagement is essential. The national conversation often emphasizes how polarized society is, and how it's just getting worse. The most extreme voices on opposite ends of the spectrum get the most attention. Yet—as authors Sami Sage, of Betches Media and the Morning Announcements podcast, and Emily Amick, creator of @EmilyinYourPhone and former counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, discuss in their new book, Democracy in Retrograde(Gallery Books)—the vast majority of Americans are part of the exhausted majority. They're just too tired of the contentious discourse and would rather avoid the fray. But,...
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Feeling Exhausted by US Politics? You’re in the Majority, Authors Say
26 Jun
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Feeling Exhausted by US Politics? You’re in the Majority, Authors Say

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Politics tamfitronics Are Americans really as polarized as it seems? Authors Sami Sage of Betches Media and the Morning Announcements podcast and Emily Amick, creator of @EmilyinYourPhone and former counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumersay not exactly. They connected on social media after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and their collaboration resulted in their new book, Democracy in Retrograde (Gallery Books). Sage and Amick found that most Americans are part of the (very vocal) minority on the margins, but are rather an "exhausted majority," who have opted out of politics. Their solution? Civic engagement. Here, the authors discuss easy ways to get into political participation, why it's important, whether they think Donald Trump's recent conviction will spark more engagement or encourage voter apathy, whether we should be hopeless about...
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Mark Rutte Named NATO Chief. He’ll Need His Diplomatic Skills From Dutch Politics
26 Jun
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Mark Rutte Named NATO Chief. He’ll Need His Diplomatic Skills From Dutch Politics

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Politics tamfitronics THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he will bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to the international stage as NATO’s new secretary general.On Wednesday, NATO ambassadors appointed the outgoing Dutch prime minister as the alliance's next secretary general, its top civilian post. Rutte is scheduled to head the world’s biggest military organization from October.NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that “Mark is a true trans-Atlanticist, a strong leader, and a consensus-builder." “I wish him every success as we continue to strengthen NATO for the challenges of today and tomorrow. I know I am leaving NATO in good hands,” he said.Rutte will...
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