Topic: Ideas We Should Steal
The Lost Art of Compromise
Listen or watch Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman talk to MSNBC's Ali Velshi about compromise and unity in times of extreme partisanship. Then vote for their ideas
Can Tech Solve the Opioid Crisis?
Listen or watch New America's Afua Bruce on using technology and data to combat the country's opioid epidemic. Then vote for her idea
Mayor as Conveners
Listen or watch Kansas City Mayor Sly James and Drexel's Bruce Katz on making real urban change. Hint: It takes collaboration. Then vote for their idea
Public Spaces, Civic Health
Listen or watch NYU professor Eric Klinenberg on shaping public spaces to keep communities healthy and connected. Then vote for his homegrown idea
Faith, The Racial Divide, and Building Community
Listen or watch the Reverends Michael Eric Dyson, Chuck Mingo and Bill Golderer preach faith, community, race—and hope
Mitigating Gentrification, A Public Health Approach
Listen or watch Portland's Cat Goughnour idea for putting community members first in shaping their neighborhoods
A Fair Shot for All
In an excerpt from his recent book, a Facebook co-founder proposes an idea for levelling the economic playing field: A guaranteed $500 a month for the poor. He’ll talk more about it at next week’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival
By Chris Hughes
Barbershop Confessions
Black men are among the most traumatized people in the country, and also the least likely to seek help. That’s why an Arkansas man is bringing mental health help to where they are: barbershops
By Michaela Haas
Calling BS
Author Anand Giridharadas discusses his provocative new book, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
By Larry Platt
Michael Eric Dyson
The bestselling author will talk about repairing race relations at The Citizen’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival on the 30th
By Larry Platt