Back in the 1960s, when the Vietnam War was raging, a familiar scenario played out in small towns. During election years, you ...

No one, argued DeMaio, should have reason to question the legitimacy of American democracy. It is an issue that has animated Republicans nationally for the better part of two decades. But in the ...

At 250 years, America’s (fault) lines are showing. Partisan and regional divisions now rival the most intense internal conflicts apart from the Civil War. The escalating tension between the red and ...

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This report from the Pew-Knight Initiative examines how Americans engage in public life across a range of activities, including politics, civic and community involvement, news consumption and ...

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The Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin this summer. Now we have to raise democracy from the dead. Demonstrators protest outside the White House, on March 12, 1965. I can afford no ...

Social media and distrust of government has helped disinformation reach increasingly large audiences.

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