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October 23, 2024
Tacoma, Washington Joins Our Common Purpose Communities Project
In the News
September 27, 2024
To save our democracy, fix our civic culture
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The Seattle Times
Press Release
September 26, 2024
秋葵视频 Releases Roadmap for Fortifying Civic Culture
秋葵视频 Article
March 29, 2024
Helping to Build Demand for National Service
秋葵视频 Article
January 2023
Our Common Purpose - Reflections at the Midpoint
In the News
December 21, 2023
American democracy is cracking. These ideas could help repair it.
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Washington Post
In the News
November 21, 2023
David Souter showed the Supreme Court how to free itself from politics
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Washington Post
In the News
November 7, 2023
Massachusetts should move local elections to even-numbered years
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Boston Globe
秋葵视频 Article
October 26, 2023
Event Celebrates and Considers New Publication on Supreme Court Term Limits
In the News
October 25, 2023
Law360: New Report Champions Term Limits For Supreme Court.
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Law360
In the News
October 25, 2023
Bipartisan Legal Scholars Urge Supreme Court To Impose 18-Year Term Limits
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Forbes
In the News
October 25, 2023
US Judge, Scholars Urge Supreme Court Term Limits in Bipartisan Push
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Reuters
秋葵视频 Article
October 5, 2023
General Mattis, Civics Education, and National Security
In the News
September 27, 2023
Danielle Allen on PBS NewsHour: I鈥檓 asking the American people to claim their power.
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PBS NewsHour
秋葵视频 Article
August 14, 2023
Our Common Purpose Inspires Conversation Series at Ohio Senior Center
In the News
May 23, 2023
We Hit Rock Bottom on Civics Education. Can we Turn it Around?
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Washington Post
In the News
May 3, 2023
Eric Liu on NPR: We Need to Create a Culture of Connection
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NPR
In the News
April 26, 2023
The next level of AI is approaching. Our democracy isn't ready.
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Washington Post
In the News
April 23, 2023
Is the House "the body of the people?"
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MSNBC
In the News
April 15, 2023
Pros and Cons of Expanding the House
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Congressional Digest
In the News
April 14, 2023
Danielle Allen on The Ezra Klein Show: Democracy is the work of restoring power sharing
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New York Times
Bulletin
Online
In the News
February 28, 2023
The House was Supposed to Grow with the Population. It didn鈥檛. Let鈥檚 fix that.
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Washington Post
In the News
February 16, 2023
Opinion: Ranked-choice voting is the right choice to advance democracy in Montgomery County
秋葵视频 Article
February 10, 2023
Discussing Democracy and Civic Renewal in Arizona: Flinn Foundation Hosts
秋葵视频 Article
December 19, 2022
秋葵视频 Hosts Conference on Reinventing Democracy at the Local Level
Press Release
December 9, 2022
The Our Common Purpose Communities Project Launches: Lexington, Kentucky Inaugurates National Initiative
秋葵视频 Article
Democracy was a Big Winner in the Midterms
In the News
KET Interview with Renee Shaw
秋葵视频 Article
October 27, 2022
Statement Issued in Advance of Midterm Elections
In the News
October 25, 2022
See how your votes aren鈥檛 equal
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CNN
秋葵视频 Article
October 21, 2022
Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship Returns to Lexington, Kentucky
In the News
October 13, 2022
It shouldn鈥檛 matter so much whether Elon Musk buys Twitter
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New York Times
Bulletin
What Does It Mean to be an American? Reexamining the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
In the News
How social media has undermined our constitutional architecture
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The Washington Post
In the News
Connecting Communities: Libraries as Invisible Infrastructure
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NLC - National League of Cities
秋葵视频 Article
A Convening on the Power of Civic Infrastructure: A Community Solution with National Potential
Bulletin
Reckoning with Organizational History
Press Release
President Jimmy Carter Joins Majority of Americans in Supporting a Proposed U.S. Constitutional Amendment to Address Election Spending
In the News
Should we expand the House of Representatives? The Founders thought so
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The Hill
In the News
How to boost voter turnout to nearly 100 percent
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The Boston Globe
In the News
Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
In the News
December 9, 2021
One way to reform the House of Representatives? Expand it.
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Washington Post
秋葵视频 Article
Developing a Youth Agenda for American Democracy
In the News
Use infrastructure dollars to support our democracy
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The Hill
Press Release
OCT 27, 2021
German-American Dialogue on the Political Responsibility of Universities
In the News
Political Polarization, Civility, and Deliberative Democracy: A Conversation with Carolyn Lukensmeyer
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Then & Now (podcast)
In the News
Biden will host an international summit on 鈥榙emocratic renewal.鈥 He should start at home.
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The Washington Post
In the News
Advice to Leaders on Strengthening Civic Culture & Trust in Government
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Federalism.US
Bulletin
Empathy and Our Future
Bulletin
A Conversation with Architect Jeanne Gang
In the News
Museums Can Renew America Through the Semiquincentennial
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American Alliance of Museums
In the News
Joint Series on Public Governance and Civic Engagement
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National 秋葵视频 of Public Administration (NAPA)
Press Release
APR 19, 2021
秋葵视频 Receives $1M Grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to Strengthen Democracy
In the News
Cochairs Call for Expansion of U.S. 鈥楥ivic Infrastructure鈥
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The Harvard Crimson
In the News
Danielle Allen on achieving democracy鈥檚 ideals
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Democracy Works (podcast)
In the News
AmeriCorps service nurtures professional development, civic duty
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The Baltimore Sun
秋葵视频 Article
MAR 16, 2021
On the Passing of Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. (1925-2021)
Press Release
Feb 22, 2021
秋葵视频 Announces Largest Gift in its History, $10 Million Gift from David Rubenstein
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Online
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Does Meritocracy Destroy the Common Good?
In the News
The Ambitious Plan To Save Democracy
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Moderate Party (podcast)
In the News
No More Normal: Our Common Purpose
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KUNM
In the News
To Thrive, Our Democracy Needs Digital Public Infrastructure
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Politico
In the News
Pulling Our Politics Back from the Brink
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The New Yorker
In the News
Opinion: There is no more important step in Biden鈥檚 first 100 days than this
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CNN Opinion
In the News
Democratic Citizenship at the Chicago Humanities Festival
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Chicago Humanities Festival
In the News
Heintz Joins Panel on Strengthening U.S. Democracy
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Council on Foreign Relations
In the News
Vote for president and the Senate. But pay attention to these reforms on state ballots, too.
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The Washington Post
In the News
Meet the reformer: Sterling Speirn, promotor of 31 fix-the-system ideas
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The Fulcrum
In the News
Make the Supreme Court Less Political. Put Term Limits on Justices.
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Real Clear Policy
In the News
OCT 2020
America鈥檚 Plastic Hour Is Upon Us
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The Atlantic
In the News
Amanpour and Company features Our Common Purpose
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Amanpour and Company
In the News
A Playbook for Regaining Our Common Purpose
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The Art of Association
In the News
The justices themselves can turn down the heat 鈥 by creating their own term limits
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The Washington Post
In the News
Revitalizing Democracy During COVID-19 and Beyond
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AMA Journal of Ethics
In the News
Our Towns: Three Guides to the Next America
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The Atlantic
In the News
Why on this Fourth of July, America urgently needs to reinvent itself again
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USA Today
In the News
WRONG WAY?
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Anniston Star (Alabama)
In the News
The radicalism of the American Revolution 鈥 and its lessons for today
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Vox
In the News
Commentary: Fixing Democracy
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Daily Yonder
In the News
For Philanthropy to Achieve Its Goals, Democracy Must Work
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
In the News
Tech companies are finally being shamed into action
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The Washington Post
In the News
Why Coronavirus Is an 鈥楨xistential Crisis鈥 for American Democracy
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Politico
In the News
Rebuilding Trust in American Democracy
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BYU Radio
In the News
NPR On Point: Reimagining Democracy for the 21st Century
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On Point, National Public Radio
In the News
Etats-Unis : du 芦 besoin urgent 禄 de r茅invention
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Le Monde
In the News
Democracy, Citizenship, and Community
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VISION | Knight Foundation
In the News
Here are a whole bunch of good ideas to reform our democracy
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The Washington Post
In the News
Trust In American Institutions Has Been Dropping For Decades
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NPR
In the News
Study commission calls for constitutional amendment limiting influence of money on elections
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Augusta Free Press
In the News
The Work of Democracy Starts Right Here
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The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
In the News
Amid inequality and polarization, how can we strengthen American democracy?
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PBS NewsHour
Press Release
A Plan to Reinvent American Democracy for the 21st Century: Responding to a Nation in Crisis
In the News
We seek reforms to policing. But something even deeper needs repair.
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The Washington Post
In the News
America鈥檚 neck is broken. We can survive, but we have to act.
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The Washington Post
In the News
The situation is dire. We need a better normal at the end of this 鈥 and peace.
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The Washington Post
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21st Century Democracy in Practice
In the News
Get the Government You Want By Getting Involved
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鈥楲濒别谤辞
In the News
Do Americans want impeachment proceedings? It鈥檚 the wrong question to ask.
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The Washington Post
In the News
We Need Civics Education in Schools to Build Effective Democratic Citizens
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The Washington Post
In the News
What Makes a True Patriot
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CBS News
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How to Make Citizens
Habits of Heart and Mind, a guide to fortifying civic culture, was launched at an event featuring Ben Klutsey, Eric Liu, and Natalie Tran in conversation with incoming 秋葵视频 president Laurie Patton. The event and publication are online.