U.S. Senator Todd Young warns that the decline of local news threatens American democracy by hindering civic participation ...

Journalism is a public good, and its survival is essential if we want our communities to have access to quality news and ...

When I travel to a new city for work, I often check headlines and local news coverage. It’s part of the job, after all, as a journalism funder. During a recent trip to a large Northeast city, I ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) According to our recent ...

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If students are old enough to organize walkouts, they are old enough to learn how ballots and school boards shape real ...

Empowering Voters, Defending Democracy. At a time when our election system is being questioned, distorted and misrepresented from many ...

In today’s deeply polarized political and social environment, having a conversation with someone with different opinions can seem like an impossible task. The University of Virginia’s Democracy ...

Event speakers from a diverse array of Michigan communities discussed the resilience of local-level democracy.

In the 2021 New York City mayoral general election, voter participation dropped to a historic low. Only about 23% of registered voters turned out to vote. In raw numbers, that meant that just more ...