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Living through the last few months of this election cycle makes me think of REM’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.”
If you listen to the partisans on the cable networks, talk radio, or your X feed, you certainly believe that the world will never be the same if (Trump/Harris) is elected.
It’s very...
We can reverse the rise of extremism and hate, but only if we offer a path to redemption
Sep 24, 2024
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by Damien Patton
In the last decade, we’ve seen a troubling surge in the radicalization of minors online, leading to violent acts in cities across America, from ...
My first political memory is being with my parents at an election night watch party in Show Low, Arizona, in 1976. They had been supporters of Ronald Reagan against Gerald Ford in the primary but had united with the party against Gov. Jimmy Carter. When Carter was declared the winner, my mother started to cry and said...
From navigating the streets of Los Angeles as a teenage runaway to finding purpose in the high-stakes world of NASCAR, Damien Patton’s life is anything but ordinary. With a long beard and a resilient spirit, Patton has turned every challenge into an opportunity. As an entrepreneur, engineer, and founder of Banjo, his groundbreaking work in real-time event detection has left a lasting impact...
Imagine making one desperate mistake that can define your entire life. Alice Marie Johnson doesn’t have to dream of this possibility, because she lived the reality, serving two decades in prison for a non-violent, first-time drug offense.
Alice didn’t have an easy upbringing. She was born into a large family of sharecroppers and became pregnant in high school. Despite these challenges,...
