Were back after our summer break and catch up on whats happened to American democracy while we were on hiatus. Michael Berkman, Chris Beem, Candis Watts Smith, and Jenna Spinelle are back after summ

Its no secret that theres a partisan divide in the media, but thus far, solutions to bridge that divide have been few and far between. Our guest this week had an idea that seems to be taking hold an

We are excited to share the first episode of a new narrative series on ballot initiatives from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy: When the People Decide. In this reported series, Jenna Spinelle t

Democracy Works is taking its annual summer hiatus starting next week, but that does not mean the wheels of democracy will stop turning while were away. In fact, this summer could prove to be quite t

The Baby Boomers are the most powerful generation in American history and theyre not going away anytime soon. Their influence in politics, media, business, and other areas of life is likely to con

Americans owe more than $1.5 trillion in student debt and some members of the Millennial and Gen Z wonder whether they’ll ever pay off their loans. Student loans began as a well-intended government pr

Jon Meacham is one of Americas leading thinkers on how the countrys political history can inform the present. He recently visited Penn State to present a lecture on his 2018 book The Soul of America

Political violence is rising in the United States, with Republicans and Democrats divided along racial and ethnic lines that spurred massive bloodshed and democratic collapse earlier in the nation’s h

The concept of dignity comes up a lot when we think about the condition of American democracy. Francis Fukuyama wrote about the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment and Chris Bail talked

Robert Kagan is a foreign policy expert who turned his focus to the United States last fall in a Washington Post column titled “Our Constitutional Crisis Is Already Here” that became one of the Post’s