The buzzword in Colorado these days is “economic development.” While Denver mayor John Hickenlooper has done impressive things with the capital, the rest of the state is struggling. Yet it is the rest of the state that is largely ignored, both by the government and nonprofits. Colorado is, in fact, structured to ignore it; structured [...]

By Wilhelmina Makepeace Thackeray This is the third of four articles Humane Pursuits will run on state politics. North Carolinians are Democrats. Sort of.

By Gresham Kay This is the second of four articles Humane Pursuits will run on state politics. Mississippi is a state with a population which barely rivals that of Dallas, Texas, yet a state with influence surpassing its perhaps humble appearance.  Governor Haley Barbour, once a powerful lobbyist in Washington and now head of the [...]

The legislature in Harrisburg offers a profound case study in what makes a principled leader effective.