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The Power of Local

| May 19, 2020 | Blog Contributor

The Power of Local
With the uncertainty of quarantine dictating our current social norms, a looming question many of us face going forward is this: how do we re-engage in society post-isolation with purpose and meaning? Put another way, to revise and reconsider Thoreau’s famous dictum:...
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Clara Keuss
Clara Keuss was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a Sophomore at Pepperdine University where she studies international studies with a concentration in the Middle East and North Africa.

We Will Feast Again: Reflections on Holy Week During a Pandemic

| April 10, 2020

We Will Feast Again: Reflections on Holy Week During a Pandemic
As this extreme Lenten season comes to a close, I have had numerous thoughts flitting about my mind on how the coalescing of Lent and the pandemic have shaped my understanding of technology and community. Below are two insights that I hope will form me far beyond this...
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Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Where Did Our Trust Go?

| April 7, 2020 | Blog Contributor

Where Did Our Trust Go?
In my previous blog post, I made the argument that a free market system relies on relationships of trust in order to coordinate the abilities of producers to serve the real needs and wants of consumers. However, there is a non-trivial sense in the American public...
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Camryn Zeller
Camryn Zeller was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior at Hope College where she studies economics, political science, and math.

Rehabilitation Through the Redemption of Labor

| February 19, 2020 | Blog Contributor

Rehabilitation Through the Redemption of Labor
How would you feel if everyone knew you by the worst thing you ever did? What if, like a bearer of the scarlet letter, you were marked for scorn and distrusted by the majority of people around you? This is the life of a modern incarcerated individual. As the bearer of...
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Grant Dunnavan
Grant Dunnavan was selected as a 2019 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior at Wheaton College where he studies international relations.