Civil Society Amid growing social isolation in the United States, a new set of values is emerging around community, healing, and belonging, and they will likely define an era. Journalist David Brooks thinks he sees a light in the darkness of social isolation, loneliness, and the fraying of our communal bonds. The light is cast not by the government, nor by private business. It is cast, instead, by civil society, people coming together to take private action performed in service of the public good. “Now, especially in the social sector, I see a new ethos forming. I don’t pretend to understand it yet. Somehow this new ethos is more communitarian. It is suspicious of big institutions but trusting toward small ones. It is about commitment and service and redistributing power in new ways.” Article: Looking to Civil Society for the Values that Shape a Culture