Kathleen DuVal

Jan 5, 2025 | nytimes.com | Kathleen DuVal

The Native Governance Center notes that land acknowledgments often "become an excuse for folks to feel good and move on with their lives." The journalists Graeme Wood and Noah Smith have criticized them as " moral exhibitionism" and ethnonationalism.

Nov 28, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kathleen DuVal

When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail – to find someone who would fool the people into giving him complete power and then end the democracy. They designed checks and balances to guard against the accumulation of power they had found when studying ancient Greece and Rome.

Nov 28, 2024 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Kathleen DuVal

When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail – to find someone who would fool the people into giving him complete power and then end the democracy. They designed checks and balances to guard against the accumulation of power they had found when studying ancient Greece and Rome.

Nov 26, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Kathleen DuVal

They designed complex political structures to discourage centralization, hierarchy and inequality and encourage shared decision-making. When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail – to find someone who would fool the people into giving him complete power and then end the democracy. They designed checks and balances to guard against the accumulation of power they had found when studying ancient Greece and Rome.

Nov 26, 2024 | civilbeat.org | Kathleen DuVal

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