“Enlightened citizen” is redundant; a citizen understands the aesthetics of issues, according to Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota. Find out what he, Terrence Guay, Penn State University, and Jim Davis, Social Science Education Consortium, have to say about debate, democracy, and citizenship.
What makes you a citizen? Is it more than a birthright? iCitizenForum spoke with educators Terrence Guay, Penn State University; Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota; Jim Davis, Social Science Education Consortium; and Ted Green, Webster University, to hear their thoughts on citizenship. Are you a citizen? Find out.
Will the current generation be able to fulfill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of peace and equality? We spoke to the Reverend Lennox Yearwood, founder and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, about how new forms of engagement such as “hip hop politics” can help eradicate division and partisanship in the 21st century.
U.S. citizens have the right to participate in the political process, and when they do, it’s hoped they do so with deliberation. Is there conflict between participation and deliberation? Watch our interview with Professor Diana Mutz in which she discusses citizen participation and a polarized society.
