About half of American adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only ...

Parents of students attending UNC system universities this fall should be pleased to learn about the UNC Board of Governors’ (BOG) “Foundations of American Democracy” (FoAD) initiative. FoAD immerses ...

In conversation with KPBS, journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the United States is not a true democracy and needs to fundamentally rethink its political system, rather than trying to reform it from ...

About half of American adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only ...

National philanthropy cannot pull democracy out of the ditch. Renewal — with community foundations leading the way — must come from the ground up.

For decades, corruption, complacency, and political self-interest have eaten away at the foundation of American democracy. We can’t fix healthcare, housing, education, or the economy until we first ...

Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially ...

The debate over the future of American education has become a proxy war over the very meaning of democracy. The evisceration ...

This collection of essays is part of a special package of predictions from sector leaders and thinkers about what lies ahead in 2026 and how to respond to what will likely be another unprecedented ...

Reflecting on the conditions for the maintenance of republican government (what we would today call “democracy”), James Madison observed that “a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free ...

President Donald Trump was right when he recently warned about the dangers of mail-in voting. He has consistently sounded the alarm that if America is going to restore trust in its elections, we must ...