Cities are ensuring underserved communities gain access to the resources they need to thrive and a say in the decisions that ...

American higher education is in crisis. Changes to student loan financing, a decline in the number of international students, ...

In the run-up to July 4, surveys have revealed broad and growing pessimism about the direction of the country.

This weekend, our nation's 250th birthday was marked with parades, fireworks, and commemorations of all shapes and sizes, ...

Leaders from across the political spectrum offer ideas to strengthen American democracy for its next 250 years.

We are presented with an opportunity to reflect on the American experiment itself, how it began, how it has endured, and what ...

The New York Historical showcases the evolution of our nation’s hallmark idea of self-government in a thoughtful, if ...

But the democracy half of that composite is the one that has most nurtured what Lincoln called our “better angels.” Democracy ...

As the U.S. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, here are eight ways its political ...

Opinion: “This Independence Day, it is right that Americans celebrate the fact that the United States remains Earth’s last, ...

Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division.

The Carter Center's work on democracy and conflict resolution has gone from abroad to inside the U.S. to address polarization ...