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President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Make America Great Again Rally on March 10th, 2018, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

Social Justice

Church and State: Is the Trump Administration Giving Religion an Outsized Role in Public Policy?

Based on recent actions by the president, it appears Trump's idea of creating opportunities for religious values in America involves turning religion into an arm of the state.

Chayenne Polimédio

Social Justice

This Week in Report Cards

A round-up of news and research on rankings mostly pertaining to America.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

Taking Liberties Back From the Patriot Act

Concerned that the time for its extra intrusiveness has passed, civil libertarians are calling for some provisions of the Patriot Act to be rolled back.

Emily Badger

Social Justice

Corruption Leads to More Corruption

A legacy of corruption leads the citizenry more toward resignation and connivance than to activism, a new study looking at Mexico reports.

Elisabeth Best

Social Justice

Social Networking Breeds Better Citizens? LOL!

Facebook friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds. But don’t ask me to name the Speaker of the House.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Building a Better Citizen

How the government can make us better at self-government.

David Villano

News in Brief

How the Poorest Americans Dropped Out of Politics

New research suggests that as America has become more segregated by class, the power of place has exacerbated the participatory bias in American politics.

Lee Drutman

Social Justice

Morals Authority

Liberals and conservatives conceive of morality in decidedly different ways. Jonathan Haidt has mapped out their competing ethical universes in hopes they can learn to peacefully coexist.

Tom Jacobs