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The Democracy Project

Welcome to The Mill Institute’s Democracy Project! This collection of educational resources is designed to support teachers as they engage students in many of the complex issues that divide us. It is a project focused not on what we think, but how we think and the consequences of our ideas for American democracy.

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The Democracy Project: Free Speech
“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as...
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The Democracy Project: Abortion
"The truth is that the best argument on each side is a damn good one, and until you...
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The Democracy Project: Gun Violence
“Fantasists and zealots can be found on both sides of the debate over guns in Ameri...
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The Democracy Project: Immigration
“Immigration has for decades, even centuries, created a temporal paradox in American...
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The Democracy Project: Economic Inequality
“Rising inequality and related disparities and anxieties have been stoking social d...
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The Mill Institute provides training, resources and advisory support to teachers and school leaders so they can build learning cultures that support an open and rigorous exchange of ideas across their school communities.

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