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  • Democracy & Government
    Across the Country, Voters Remove Racist Symbols and Language from Founding Documents
    November 18, 2020
    | April Simpson

    The summer of unrest sharpens the nation’s attention to issues of racial justice.

  • Media
    How Fake News Works
    November 8, 2017
    | David Masciotra
    Russian fake news infiltrated our social-media feeds, and our own willful ignorance is to blame.
  • Democracy & Government
    It's Not Only a Constitutional Crisis, It's a Civic Implosion
    May 11, 2017
    | Jim Sleeper
    Trump's naked contempt for civic culture is what's really threatening our republic. To save it, we need to rescue our civic wellsprings.
  • Civil Liberties
    Teaching Civics in the Time of Trump
    December 20, 2016
    | Panyin Conduah
    Do we need a new Schoolhouse Rock! to remind us how to run a democracy?
  • Media
    Our Last, Best Chance to Reinvent Local News
    November 29, 2016
    | Tim Karr
    There is still hope for the rise of more local publications to report the local issues with integrity.
  • Media
    2016 As Prologue, Not Aberration
    November 16, 2016
    | Michael Copps
    Our media is strangling our democracy, and without a course correction it will only get worse.
  • Democracy & Government
    Gazing Into the Abyss
    November 9, 2016
    | Jim Sleeper
    Both parties are to blame and it has cost all of us a republic.
  • Democracy & Government
    Relearning Citizenship: A View From the Heartland
    October 26, 2016
    | Nancy Day
    A Chicago journalist turned teacher talks about the struggle to teach young people about their government — and why she's hopeful.
  • Democracy & Government
    Thank You, Donald Trump. Seriously. Thank You.
    October 21, 2016
    | Rick Shenkman
    A 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.
  • Democracy & Government
    This Election's Teaching Our Kids Bad Habits
    April 20, 2016
    | Michael Winship
    The gutter-level of this year's campaign rhetoric is dragging all of us down — and that includes America's children.


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