Radical middle ideas are appearing all over the place. Here’s a few I particularly enjoy; I may not agree with everything they say or do, but I admire their vision and energy.
Church
• Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard
Bill Jackson
• Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace
What might be called progressive evangelicals, promoting principled dialogue
• John Mark Ministries, Rowland Croucher
• Business Reform, along with the Business Leadership School
State
See also Mark Satin’s list of 250+ radical middle websites, and top dozen centrist organizations.
• New America Foundation, Premier radical centrist think tank
• Justice Fellowship, Chuck Colson, Theory and practice of restorative justice
• Pundita, Thoughtful foreign policy for the rest of us
• Rocky Mountain Institute, Natural Capitalism in action
Media
• Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee
Reality-based analysis of California Politics
• The Atlantic Monthly
Literary magazine pursuing thoughtful anti-partisan analysis
• The Utne Reader
One of the best analyses I’ve seen of the Radical Middle.
• Spinsanity: countering rhetoric with reason
Even-handed debunking, seen in the Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Satirizes both Left and Right, but seems open to a centrist alternative
• TopFive.com by Chris White
Even-handed cultural and political humor; our first link partner!
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