As America marks its 250th anniversary, Hon. Vivian Lowery Derryck reflects on a lifetime of public service, civil rights, ...

Courageous citizenship has never been only a private virtue. It is an institutional achievement, built through associations, ...

As America marks 250 years, Sanda Balaban, Executive Director of Project Pericles, argues that democracy's future depends ...

Grassroots donors – those contributing $200 or less – have emerged as a formidable force in American politics. These small donors gave $4 billion to candidates in the 2020 election cycle, an amount ...

As America marks 250 years, citizens face an attention economy where outrage is rewarded and visibility often matters more ...

Dr. Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute. A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies, and the ways in which ...

Demar Goodman, rising senior at American University and student leader, delivers a powerful reflection on “We the People” and its unfinished promise. Drawing on history, identity, and lived experience ...

The pursuit of happiness, part of the trio of sacred and undeniable rights grounding the Declaration of Independence, set the United States of America on a bold path of seeking to restructure society ...

A year ago, in late September of the 2022 hurricane season, Jennifer Languell was sitting nervously in the living room of her modern, super-smart home in the sustainably-focused, planned community of ...