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2 days ago | 
persuasion.community | Greg Berman
This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is proudly part of the Persuasion family. I have worked in the nonprofit sector for nearly 40 years. During that time, I have experienced several economic downturns that made it extremely challenging to fundraise. The aftermath of 9/11 dramatically affected the discourse and put anything that required travel on hold for months.
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3 weeks ago | 
thefulcrum.us | Greg Berman
In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway famously observed that a character went broke in two ways: gradually, then suddenly. The same dynamic has been at work in American politics. For decades, the composition of our principal political parties has been slowly shifting, without a great deal of public attention. And then the 2024 presidential election happened, and it was suddenly obvious: the Democrats, traditionally the party of the working class, had become the party of educated elites.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
nydailynews.com | Greg Berman
It is hard to keep track of the steady stream of executive orders and announcements coming out of the Trump administration — almost every day seems to bring a new provocation. But one released last week definitely got the attention of nonprofits around the country. That’s because, in a two-paragraph memorandum, President Trump essentially declared war on them.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
gregberman.substack.com | Greg Berman
This past weekend, Miriam, an Israeli restaurant located around the corner from me in Brooklyn, was hit with graffiti. In blood-red stencils sprayed on its front door and windows, the restaurant was accused of “stealing culture” and engaging in “genocide cuisine.”The denunciations came thick and fast.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
eptrail.com | Greg Berman
Talking Weather: A mild Christmas, but maybe snow by New Year’s Day in Estes Park
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Greg Berman
How worried should we be about the state of democracy in the United States? According to Jennifer McCoy, a professor of political science at Georgia State University and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who has been studying democracy, both in the United States and in other countries for more than three decades, there is ample reason for concern.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Greg Berman
Berman is a distinguished fellow of practice at The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, co-editor of Vital City, and co-author of "Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age." This is part of a series of interviews titled "The Polarization Project."Clionadh Raleigh, a professor of political violence and geography at the University of Sussex, has been studying violence for more than 20 years and has come to a depressing conclusion: Global rates of conflict are rising dramatically.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Greg Berman
Berman is a distinguished fellow of practice at The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, co-editor of Vital City, and co-author of "Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age." This is the 12th in a series of interviews titled "The Polarization Project."Robert Talisse, a professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, believes polarization is a problem that cannot be solved, only managed. He also believes the greatest threat to American democracy comes from within.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Greg Berman
Berman is a distinguished fellow of practice at The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, co-editor of Vital City, and co-author of "Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age." This is the 11th in a series of interviews titled "The Polarization Project."Is the United States on the brink of a civil war? Few people are better placed to answer that question than historian Richard Slotkin.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Greg Berman
Berman is a distinguished fellow of practice at The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, co-editor of Vital City, and co-author of "Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age." This is the 10th in a series of interviews titled "The Polarization Project." National elections in the United States tend to spark talk of “red” and “blue” America — two parallel nations divided by geography and politics, with rural and central states trending Republican and coastal and urban areas voting...
