Democracy cannot be humanized while key voices remain unheard. From youth leaders to visa-restricted advocates, Mary Yvonne ...

Cole reflects on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, emphasizing its profound impact on her life and the country. During that time, she helped establish one of the first Black ...

Fifty-six percent of Americans say democracy is performing poorly. Yet roughly two-thirds still call it the best form of ...

Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images. The Democracy for All Project is a multiyear collaboration between the Kettering Foundation and Gallup. This annual survey is based on the responses of more than ...

Pictured here in the center of the group (from left to right) are Nada Zohdy, Wai Wai Nu, Hong Hoang, and Oluseon Onigbinde at Kettering’s Solidarity across Borders event. In late July 2026, the ...

Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images. Germany’s far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland, and its 44% win in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt is a symptom of a systemic crisis of democracy ...

Andrew L. Whitehead is professor of sociology at Indiana University Indianapolis, one of the foremost scholars of Christian nationalism in the United States, and a Charles F. Kettering Foundation ...

Sarah Longwell is the publisher of The Bulwark, which she helped found in 2019, and a Charles F. Kettering Foundation senior fellow.

When Donald Trump was president, he lashed out at the media, responded to critical coverage by describing it as “fake news,” and called journalists “the enemy of the American people.” Project 2025 ...

Heritage Foundation’s president, Kevin Roberts, recently said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” He’s not exaggerating ...

Over the past thirty years, both Democratic and Republican-controlled states have adopted the following reforms to make voter registration easier, more efficient, and more accurate. Automatic voter ...