Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Americans are breathing a cautious sigh of relief. Heading into the presidential election, it was reasonable to wonder if our ...

In this anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, we need to use civic history to reframe conventional views. Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” called for every American ...

When lawmakers, advocates and journalists talk about fixing American democracy, they typically focus on the institutions that shape the nation’s political life. If only we reformed the Electoral ...

The number of votes cast during the 2020 election suggests America’s participatory democracy remains strong. Yet voters harbor cynical beliefs about the political motives of federal government leaders ...

Hurray! I was thrilled to read “To save our democracy, fix our civic culture” [Sept. 29, Opinion]. The authors hit the nail on the head when they said, “Institutional reforms can only go so far unless ...

Prior to last week’s college football national championship game, President Donald Trump took the field for the national anthem. White House officials likely hoped the appearance would help boost an ...

The United States has been at war for nearly two decades in faraway places across the globe. There is much talk today about ending these “endless wars,” though it remains the case that thousands of ...

For years leading up to the 2016 US Presidential election, I began to notice a growing sense of mistrust in many of our democratic institutions. Dinner table discussions, visits, and phone calls with ...

City hall building in Carmel, Indiana. The city is one of those places where it is possible for leaders to create some kinds of cultural change if the conditions are right. The culture of a place ...

Last week I had the privilege of giving a keynote talk at the Pennsylvania Community Foundation Association’s annual conference in Hershey. After spending two days with these enterprising leaders, I ...

Many Americans are breathing a cautious sigh of relief. Heading into the presidential election, it was reasonable to wonder if our republic would become more polarized. Some even worried that if the ...