The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

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Community, democracy, and a search for the good life.

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About Karen Christensen

Karen Christensen writes about third places, leadership, and political polarization, and is senior editor of the SAGE Encyclopedia of Community, CEO of Berkshire Publishing, and research associate at the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.