Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorSurviving Election 2020: How will you resist the “prophets of doom?”Frederick Douglass’s vision for the United States in 1869 can help.Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorWhat was your first political act?Connecting to an idea of something bigger than yourselfJun 12, 2019Jun 12, 2019
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorQuestions of Civic Proportions: Stories that Carry Us Forward(And have nothing to do with who the President is)Jun 5, 2019Jun 5, 2019
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorKeep Dreaming Democracy: Lessons from ancient Athens on practicing democracy todayWe believe reading is a civic duty. The titles getting the spotlight in our #CitizensRead Book Club make their own case for what we can…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorQuestions of Civic Proportions: How to respond to “I don’t know where to start.”I don’t know where to start. News goes by at a staggering pace.May 10, 2019May 10, 2019
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorThe Citizen’s Job to Ask Big QuestionsHow to engage the ideas of good governmentMar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorBetter Civics: How to Get the Questions RightA popular refrain of the moment is that we need civics education in classrooms again. More civics. New voices join that chorus without…Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorLet’s Talk More: Austin’s Ben Franklin Circle finds that temperance isn’t as outdated as it soundsThere has been a lot of hand-wringing over whether or not Americans can still talk to each other. Online or off, political discussions are…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
Shellee O'BrieninPoliticolorDaily Sketch: For the Sake of the Fallen, Sgt. La David JohnsonFor October 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
Shellee O'BrieninOpen AustinOpen Austin Asks: What’s with You and Civic Tech?A seemingly simple question refuses to settle on a fixed answer. The most recognizable names in civic tech all have their own answers to…Oct 9, 20172Oct 9, 20172