forward-thinking

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Those Americans who believe in a true "we the people" democracy that is multiracial, modern and forward-thinking must force a moral reckoning and critical examination of their nation's values and beliefs, as well as its social and political institutions.

From Salon

“Next to the banner was a portrait of the mayor, appearing magnanimous and forward-thinking. He’d won by promising that he could do what needed to be done to remedy the persistent problems of the city: plumbing, mail delivery, etc. Also the secured populations. No one could argue that these were problems. No one as yet had been able to figure out how to fix them.”

From Los Angeles Times

The combination — forward-thinking inclusivity within backward-looking gender norms — goes together about as well as a bare bottom on a hay bale.

From Washington Post

Forward-thinking officials could focus their outreach — and enforcement efforts, if necessary — on those people.

From New York Times

But even had Trumka remained a great forward-thinking leader into his later years, there wasn't too much he could do to turn around the struggles of labor in America.

From Salon