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Modern Progressive Values: Realizing America's Potential

Source: Commonweal Institute

Author: Kyle Gillette

Date: September 10, 2008

Category: Progressivism

Type: Report

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Defining the values that underlie and unite progressives became an urgent question in the early 21st Century. Progressives came to recognize that, to a great degree, our political choices emerge from our sense of cultural identity and our emotional responses to stories and images, not from ‘rational’ cost-benefit analyses.

Tags: values, truth, the commons, security, role of government, responsibility, progressive movement, opportunity, narrative, justice, interdependence, ideology, freedom, framing, fairness, empathy, cultural identity, community, communication strategy

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Under the Surface: Resonant Themes in American Political Culture

Source: Uncommon Denominator newsletter

Author: Ian Frederick Finseth

Date: August 25, 2002

Category: Politics

Type: Article

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Certain resonant themes in American political culture cut across the ideological spectrum and across a variety of issues. They reflect widely held, deeply felt, sets of beliefs or values on the part of the public – and therefore represent a powerful means of shaping debate on public policy.

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Tags: Watergate, trust, security, national security, Madoff, Homeland Security Department, fairness, equity, Enron, Bush administration, bipartisan, across party lines, accountability, Abu Ghraib

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July 2002 Newsletter

Source: Uncommon Denominator newsletter

Author: Commonweal Institute

Date: July 25, 2002

Category: Communications

Type: Newsletter

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Tags: conservative message machine, affirmative action, fairness

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