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Connecting Communities: Libraries as Invisible Infrastructure
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NLC - National League of Cities

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Reckoning with Organizational History

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President Jimmy Carter Joins Majority of Americans in Supporting a Proposed U.S. Constitutional Amendment to Address Election Spending

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Should we expand the House of Representatives? The Founders thought so
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The Hill

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How to boost voter turnout to nearly 100 percent
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The Boston Globe

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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

Academy Article
Developing a Youth Agenda for American Democracy

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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

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Political Polarization, Civility, and Deliberative Democracy: A Conversation with Carolyn Lukensmeyer
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Then & Now (podcast)

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Biden will host an international summit on ‘democratic renewal.’ He should start at home.
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The Washington Post

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Advice to Leaders on Strengthening Civic Culture & Trust in Government
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Federalism.US

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A Conversation with Architect Jeanne Gang

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Empathy and Our Future

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Museums Can Renew America Through the Semiquincentennial
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American Alliance of Museums

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Joint Series on Public Governance and Civic Engagement
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National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)

Press Release
APR 19, 2021
Academy Receives $1M Grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to Strengthen Democracy

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Cochairs Call for Expansion of U.S. ‘Civic Infrastructure’
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The Harvard Crimson

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Danielle Allen on achieving democracy’s ideals
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Democracy Works (podcast)

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AmeriCorps service nurtures professional development, civic duty
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The Baltimore Sun
Academy Article
MAR 16, 2021
On the Passing of Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. (1925-2021)

Press Release
Feb 22, 2021
Academy Announces Largest Gift in its History, $10 Million Gift from David Rubenstein

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Does Meritocracy Destroy the Common Good?

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Online

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The Ambitious Plan To Save Democracy
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Moderate Party (podcast)

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No More Normal: Our Common Purpose
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KUNM

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To Thrive, Our Democracy Needs Digital Public Infrastructure
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Politico

Academy Article
Message from Our Common Purpose Cochairs Celebrating Election Workers

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Pulling Our Politics Back from the Brink
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The New Yorker

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Opinion: There is no more important step in Biden’s first 100 days than this
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CNN Opinion

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Democratic Citizenship at the Chicago Humanities Festival
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Chicago Humanities Festival

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Heintz Joins Panel on Strengthening U.S. Democracy
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Council on Foreign Relations

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Vote for president and the Senate. But pay attention to these reforms on state ballots, too.
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The Washington Post

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Meet the reformer: Sterling Speirn, promotor of 31 fix-the-system ideas
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The Fulcrum

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Make the Supreme Court Less Political. Put Term Limits on Justices.
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Real Clear Policy

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OCT 2020
America’s Plastic Hour Is Upon Us
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The Atlantic

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Amanpour and Company features Our Common Purpose
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Amanpour and Company

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A Playbook for Regaining Our Common Purpose
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The Art of Association

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The justices themselves can turn down the heat — by creating their own term limits
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The Washington Post

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Revitalizing Democracy During COVID-19 and Beyond
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AMA Journal of Ethics

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Our Towns: Three Guides to the Next America
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The Atlantic

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Why on this Fourth of July, America urgently needs to reinvent itself again
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USA Today

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Commentary: Fixing Democracy
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Daily Yonder
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WRONG WAY?
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Anniston Star (Alabama)

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The radicalism of the American Revolution — and its lessons for today
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Vox

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For Philanthropy to Achieve Its Goals, Democracy Must Work
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Tech companies are finally being shamed into action
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The Washington Post

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Why Coronavirus Is an ‘Existential Crisis’ for American Democracy
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Politico

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Rebuilding Trust in American Democracy
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BYU Radio

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NPR On Point: Reimagining Democracy for the 21st Century
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On Point, National Public Radio

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Etats-Unis : du « besoin urgent » de réinvention
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Le Monde

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Democracy, Citizenship, and Community
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VISION | Knight Foundation

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Here are a whole bunch of good ideas to reform our democracy
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The Washington Post

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Trust In American Institutions Has Been Dropping For Decades
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NPR

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Study commission calls for constitutional amendment limiting influence of money on elections
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Augusta Free Press

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The Work of Democracy Starts Right Here
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The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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We seek reforms to policing. But something even deeper needs repair.
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The Washington Post

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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

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America’s neck is broken. We can survive, but we have to act.
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The Washington Post

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The situation is dire. We need a better normal at the end of this — and peace.
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The Washington Post

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21st Century Democracy in Practice

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Get the Government You Want By Getting Involved
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‘Llero

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Do Americans want impeachment proceedings? It’s the wrong question to ask.
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The Washington Post

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We Need Civics Education in Schools to Build Effective Democratic Citizens
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The Washington Post

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What Makes a True Patriot
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CBS News

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How to Make Citizens
The online launch featured an introduction from Academy President David Oxtoby, a conversation with Cochairs Danielle Allen, Stephen Heintz, and Eric Liu moderated by Judy Woodruff, and remarks from David Brooks.