Pragmatism 
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4/18/2021
What Do John Dewey's Century-Old Thoughts on Anti-Asian Bigotry Teach Us?
by Charles F. Howlett
A century ago, the American philosopher and educator took a sabattical to China and concluded that, if encouraged to learn about other cultures, White Americans could be brought to acceptance of Asian Americans and other immigrants as equal participants in democracy. COVID-inspired bigotry shows this dream remains unrealized.
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3/15/2020
Do We Want the Progressive Sanders or the Pragmatist Biden?
by Walter G. Moss
Because his pragmatic style matches more the American tradition, Biden has a better chance of unifying our nation and delivering positive long-range results.
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