The summer of unrest sharpens the nation’s attention to issues of racial justice.
November 8, 2017Russian fake news infiltrated our social-media feeds, and our own willful ignorance is to blame.
May 11, 2017Trump's naked contempt for civic culture is what's really threatening our republic. To save it, we need to rescue our civic wellsprings.
December 20, 2016Do we need a new Schoolhouse Rock! to remind us how to run a democracy?
November 29, 2016There is still hope for the rise of more local publications to report the local issues with integrity.
November 16, 2016Our media is strangling our democracy, and without a course correction it will only get worse.
November 9, 2016Both parties are to blame and it has cost all of us a republic.
October 26, 2016A Chicago journalist turned teacher talks about the struggle to teach young people about their government — and why she's hopeful.
October 21, 2016A growing number of Americans have had their eyes opened to the reality of American politics. That’s the one positive legacy Trump is likely to leave.
April 20, 2016The gutter-level of this year's campaign rhetoric is dragging all of us down — and that includes America's children.
