The United States is facing the tragic breakdown in our Constitutional order, as cities and communities are subjected to paramilitary raids and mass detentions carried out in ways designed to block judicial review.

Americans are responding with acts of service and mutual aid.

Nonviolent cooperative problem-solving is the beating heart of democracy. For a long time, this foundational insight has been sidelined, questioned, and forgotten. It is time to revive that sense of mutual commitment.