| Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

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To Engage in Civic Life, First Put Down Your Phone

Historian Jill Lepore urged concerned citizens to get off social media and aspire to make change “from the neighborhood up”

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POLITICO

Trump’s voter crackdown reaches college campuses

The administration's moves to tighten voting rules could dampen student participation in a midterm election where control of Congress may be decided by small margins.

Tufts Daily

Tisch College hosts ‘The United States at 250’ faculty panel

Students and faculty reflect on the nation’s history and the future of American democracy.

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ProPublica

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Once Defended Congress’ Power of the Purse. Now He Defies It.

Associate Dean of Faculty and the Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs Peter Levine is quoted about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s apparent flip-flopping on the meaning of the Constitution since his time as a member of the House of Representatives.

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How to Be a Mayor

In the classroom, as in City Hall, former Somerville mayor Joe Curtatone models the art of truly engaging your community

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Front Porch Republic

Rights Without Responsibilities?

Professor of the Practice Hakan Altinay pens this piece on the detachment between rights and responsibilities.

The Boston Globe

Jewish community must stand up to Trump’s targeting of international students

Dean Emeritus Alan Solomont pens this opinion piece about the circumstances surrounding the federal government’s detention of GSAS student Rumeysa Öztürk on March 25, encouraging the Jewish community to speak out against the targeting of international students, which contradicts “Jewish values that teach us to pursue justice and to recognize the inherent dignity of every person, as well as the academic principles of free inquiry.”

Virtues & Vocations

The Spirit of Freedom

Can courage of conviction co-exist with civic virtue? Check out Dean Cunningham’s latest article, published in the journal Virtues & Vocations, on The Spirit of Freedom: Black Thought, Civic Virtue, and the Courage to Transform Democracy.

The New York Times

The Military Led Diversity Efforts. West Point’s Club Ban Is a Shift.

Associate Dean Diane M. Ryan is quoted throughout this article about the disbanding of dozens of affinity groups at West Point in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for an end to diversity, equity and inclusion policies at the federal level saying “You’re going to have a much more effective military when the demographics of the military represent the demographics of society.”