“A house divided cannot stand” feels uncomfortably on-target at this time in our political history. To compare Abraham Lincoln’s famous words to our current political intransigence may appear ...

Creating respectful debates requires leaders, as well as Americans in their communities, to be intentional about expanding civil dialogue, community engagement and civic renewal. Our polarized nation ...

When democracies begin to fray, we usually look first to institutions. Are elections fair? Are courts independent? Are the plethora of safeguards holding? These are the right questions, but they are ...

There are so many things I worry about these days. Are we going to default on our debts? Can we adapt to the accumulating impact of climate change? How are we going to handle the dangers posed by ...

President Joe Biden deserves credit for his leadership in the Russia-Ukraine war. He has led a strong and unified international response since Vladimir Putin’s forces launched their invasion and ...

Since September 2024, the Democracy in Dialogue Virtual Exchange program has offered sets of paired classrooms across the country a key question to explore together: “How has your community played a ...

Recently, I offered to play a political prodigal for once and wandered into a political forum where a Commissioner for Public Utilities and Rural Development sat eyeball to eyeball with his immediate ...

Secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has stated that he believes that the discussions at the dialogue which focus on democracy in Africa will engender new ways of ...

The Community, Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) advisory working group is a new initiative formed by Chancellor Javier Reyes for the University of Massachusetts in fall 2023. The aim of the CDD is to ...

There are so many things I worry about these days. Are we going to default on our debts? Can we adapt to the accumulating impact of climate change? How are we going to handle the dangers posed by ...