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Toxic Gerrymandering: It Did Not Start With the 2020 Census

Toxic Gerrymandering: It Did Not Start With the 2020 Census

It is clear that this toxic process of redrawing voting districts is not a phenomenon of the 2022 election cycle.…

Man’s Search for Meaning

Man’s Search for Meaning

If managers invest in honest relationships and significant communication, they can help employees find meaning in this new work environment.…

Should Nonprofits Consider Business Ideas to Sustain Their Resources?

Should Nonprofits Consider Business Ideas to Sustain Their Resources?

For-profit business activities by nonprofit organizations would increase revenue and support their goals of long-term sustainability.…

Understanding Community and Social Equity in Emergency Management

Understanding Community and Social Equity in Emergency Management

In this column, I am exploring the importance of "understanding community" as a driver of social equity, which brings in higher concepts of common purpose, togetherness and intentionality of engagement.…

Public Administration in Rural America

Public Administration in Rural America

We, as co-citizen investors in our country, need to create and introduce solid systemic action that will level the critical knowledge playing field, so to speak. …

Ushering Reforms in Civil Services Capacity Building in India Through Mission Karmayogi

Ushering Reforms in Civil Services Capacity Building in India Through Mission Karmayogi

The reform of civil services is meant to raise the quality of public services delivered to the citizens and enhance the capacity to carry out core government functions, thereby, leading…

A Moral Reawakening: Understanding Landscape as Text

A Moral Reawakening: Understanding Landscape as Text

What is needed to confront the existential menace posed by global warming is a transformative moral reawakening—a renaissance that treats the mountains as hallowed trust, the waters as the revered…

Public Administration in “Post-Democracy” America: Part 2—Knowing Good from Evil

Public Administration in “Post-Democracy” America: Part 2—Knowing Good from Evil

A loss of democratic consent means that public administrators are automatically embedded in a political system, not an administrative one, and therefore those in administration who continue to serve evil…

Make Moving Fun: Reducing Nonfinancial Barriers to Homeownership

Make Moving Fun: Reducing Nonfinancial Barriers to Homeownership

Purchasing a house, townhouse, condominium or an apartment is an economic transaction, but it is also more than that...desirability and enjoyment of homeownership are also worthwhile objectives.…

Searching for the Common Good

Searching for the Common Good

In a time where political discourse is dominated by partisan talking points and outright trolling, it is up to the administrative state to build trust by demonstrating competence.…

An Approach to Reparations for Black Americans

An Approach to Reparations for Black Americans

We need to think of reparations as an aggressive investment in programs that would better enable all Black people to successfully compete in the socio-economic system. …