Surviving and resisting America’s arc toward authoritarianism, illustrated

WEBPAGE: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (graphic edition)

“Communal eating is the beating heart of coliving."

ARTICLE: How Communal Living Makes Cooking Easier, Cheaper, and Better

How does your local library work?

PDF: Public Libraries 101

"There is no one answer to how we get free — there are one million."

WEBSITE: One Million Experiments

Make government great again

BOOK: Abundance

"We need better citizens."

BOOK: We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

How adolescent experiences with parents and peers affect the next generation's development

ARTICLE: A 25-Year Study Reveals How Empathy Is Passed From Parents To Teens To Their Future Children.

Communities have long responded to injustice with ingenuity.

ARTICLE: The Power of Beautiful Solutions

A model for living that could offer insights into fostering togetherness in larger society.

ARTICLE: In a Divided Country, Communal Living Redefines Togetherness

Here are some starting points on how to orient and help fight the coup.

ARTICLE: What Can I do to Fight This Coup?

"There is a very important distinction between what they’re trying to do and what they’ll succeed in doing, between what they’ve launched a war against and the outcome of that war."

BOOK EXCERPT: Resist Authoritarianism by Refusing to Obey in Advance

When it comes to changing the values, mindsets, rules, and goals of a system, story is foundational.

Article: Using Story to Change Systems

"82% of visitors said use of the library 'positively affects how optimistic they are about the future.'”

Article: It’s Official: Research Has Found That Libraries Make Everything Better.

You don’t need to take on the Herculean task of making new friends to be less lonely. You may just need a third place.

"The good thing about everything being so messed up is that no matter where you look there’s good work to be done.”

- Derek Jensen

"It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us." - Walter Benjamin