Expanding the franchise to younger teens is already a reality in a handful of cities. Research suggests that it can build lifelong voters and better citizens.
civic engagement
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Ignorance Ain’t Bliss
Inside the growing movement to improve civics education.
Posted inEducation, Featured
Colleges That Encourage Students to Vote Help the Country—and Now Their Rankings
The Washington Monthly’s 2018 college rankings will measure those efforts.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Why are Parkland Students So Articulate? Because They Were Taught Civics in Middle School
Students in Florida have benefitted from the country’s most successful effort to teach civic knowledge and engagement.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, November/December 2015
Rethinking the Think Tank
Why Washington’s stuffiest institutions need to reconnect with America.
Posted inJuly/August 2011, Magazine
The Lions of Lagos, the Rotarians of Rawalpindi
How the civic groups that once defined America are thriving abroad, and what it means for us.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, May/June 2011
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
A mountain of studies now shows that AmeriCorps, the nation’s biggest community service program, works. House Republicans want to zero out its budget.
