Suzette Brooks MastersIt’s Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Time to Reflect on Our Dark Past to Chart a Brighter FutureAn Idiosyncratic Guide to Essential Memorials & Museums4 min read·Jan 27, 2024----
Suzette Brooks Masters24 bright spots to inspire you in 2024As a new year dawns, it’s hard not to feel anxiety about what’s coming next — from pivotal elections to technological and demographic…3 min read·Jan 4, 2024--1--1
Suzette Brooks MastersInnovation Can Reboot American DemocracyOur Future Depends on Democracy Entrepreneurs6 min read·Jul 17, 2023--1--1
Suzette Brooks MastersReimagining American Democracy as Governance for the FutureI recently published Imagining Better Futures for American Democracy after extensive research on what governance innovations might make…9 min read·Mar 31, 2023----
Suzette Brooks MastersReversing Imagination Atrophy: A New Year’s Resolution for Our TimesI am a doer, not a hoper. I’m a planner, not a dreamer. I look at the dark, scary stuff head on, unflinchingly. I think in terms of…3 min read·Dec 31, 2022----
Suzette Brooks MastersWhat would a WWII vet think today? Reflections on my dad’s 100th birthdayDad would have turned 100 today. I’ve missed him terribly these last 14 years, but I’m glad he was spared the wrenching disruptions we’ve…3 min read·May 10, 2022--3--3
Suzette Brooks Masters9/11: Our Collective Trauma Still LingersLike a lot of Americans, I lost my sense of invulnerability on 9/11, shedding yet another vestige of American exceptionalism. I was…4 min read·Sep 11, 2021----
Suzette Brooks MastersDeep Canvassing: a better way to persuade in our divided timesNon-Judgmental Listening and Story Sharing Changes Attitudes Around Contentious Issues and Heals our Divides5 min read·Jul 8, 2021--2--2
Suzette Brooks MastersThe Diner: Putting Human Connection on the MenuFor the last twenty years, my mother has frequented a diner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan near her home. It’s called Cafe 82. Given…4 min read·Jun 16, 2021--2--2