This essay series from the Knight Foundation and Kettering Foundation explores the challenges and opportunities for American democracy and what role philanthropy can play in addressing those challenges. It includes 18 pieces by leading thinkers on the future of our democracy including Francis Fukuyama, Antonia Hernández, Brian Hooks, and Yascha Mounk. READ MORE>
The PACE Primer: Democracy is a resource designed to explore the question, “What is democracy?” and help funders assess their interest and understanding in democracy, and ultimately, help them along their journey toward integrating or prioritizing it in their work.
Yuval Levin diagnoses our collective social crisis as a debilitating absence of the forces that unite us and militate against alienation, and prescribes that we can renew societal ties to one another through building and rebuilding our collective institutions, from the military to churches and from families to schools.
In a collection of “civic sermons” delivered at gatherings around the nation, popular advocate for active citizenship Eric Liu addresses what it means to be an engaged American in today’s divided political landscape, and provides inspiration and solace in a time of anger, fear, and dismay over the state of the Union.
