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As America marks 250 years, citizens face an attention economy where outrage is rewarded and visibility often matters more than reflection. Courageous citizenship now means choosing depth over immediacy, truth over amplification, even at real cost. Christy Grace Provines, executive director of The 'MPOWER Project, argues democracy's survival depends on it.

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Courageous citizenship has never been only a private virtue. It is an institutional achievement, built through associations, churches and schools that turned commitment into public action. Robert Ceresa, Associate Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Politics Lab at Huston-Tillotson, traces this history through the Rosenwald schools and offers a framework for rebuilding civic architecture.

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As America marks 250 years, Sanda Balaban, Executive Director of Project Pericles, argues that democracy's future depends less on heroic acts and more on everyday courage. Her essay makes the case for building "civic prosperity" into how colleges educate citizens.