Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Americans are breathing a cautious sigh of relief. Heading into the presidential election, it was reasonable to wonder if our ...

Owensboro-Daviess County has a solid base on which to improve its civic culture, but much work will be required for it to maximize resources, and it will require open dialogue among people with ...

When lawmakers, advocates and journalists talk about fixing American democracy, they typically focus on the institutions that shape the nation’s political life. If only we reformed the Electoral ...

With each passing day, more chaos and confusion envelop us as a nation: from battles in local communities over Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the burning of synagogues to attempted cuts in ...

Hurray! I was thrilled to read “To save our democracy, fix our civic culture” [Sept. 29, Opinion]. The authors hit the nail on the head when they said, “Institutional reforms can only go so far unless ...

After the 2020 election, I had an eye-opening conversation with a community foundation leader. At the time, I had already spent almost a decade working to reduce polarization as the inaugural director ...

I recently wrote about Indy’s “civic leadership recession,” and scores of you have since reached out to confirm that you agree we have lost the capacity to accomplish big things as a city. The next ...

Last week I had the privilege of giving a keynote talk at the Pennsylvania Community Foundation Association’s annual conference in Hershey. After spending two days with these enterprising leaders, I ...

Many Americans are breathing a cautious sigh of relief. Heading into the presidential election, it was reasonable to wonder if our republic would become more polarized. Some even worried that if the ...

We cannot depolarize politics and government without denationalizing them. Community foundations can develop and deploy intangible assets that national funders cannot. Participation in neighborhood ...