Thoughts on America

 

Terry Tempset Williams' piece in the March/April issue of Orion magazine deals with the notion of Ground Truthing as she encounters the arctic refuge.

DEMOCRACY INVITES US TO TAKE RISKS. It asks that we vacate the comfortable seat of certitude, remain pliable, and act, ultimately, on behalf of the common good.

Excerpted from Terry Tempest Williams' book The Open Space of Democracy in Orion Magazine's Thoughts on America Initiative.

The Thoughts on America Initiative supports the widest public dissemination of writing that directly and artfully engages the historic challenges of our time, and offers an alternative vision for a sane, sustainable, and peaceful existence.