Philanthropy is crucial to sustaining and strengthening democracy, now more than ever. Trust-based philanthropy, like democracy, happens through practice. Both require commitment, rigor, and ...

BRAINERD — Practicing Democracy — a new, local political action committee — will host a nonpartisan People’s Town Hall at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in Brainerd. “Concerned residents of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We have been warned that runaway polarization will lead to a deterioration of democracy in the United States. In fact, 72% of ...

I love history because it shows how human beings have lived in the world through many changes. One revealing change throughout history is how power centers emerged and shifted to different places ...

If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Organizers say about 900 citizens braved the icy aftermath of a winter storm to voice their concerns at a town hall meeting in Duluth Saturday. The town hall, sponsored by the ...

"We aren’t charging for any of this work. But we are excited to contribute to these causes, and the professional satisfaction this brings is the best form of compensation,” co-founder Shainin Specter ...

On Saturday afternoon, at the Myers-Wilkins Auditorium in Duluth East High School, over 700 community members gathered together for a town hall full of conversation. “I stood every day and pledged ...

Introduction / Daniel Peart and Adam I.P. Smith -- "Parties are unavoidable" : path dependence and the origins of party politics in the United States / Douglas Bradburn -- Rethinking the origins of ...

U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat who represents Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District, said his run for president has already been a win. “I’m practicing democracy. I’ve had the most extraordinary ...

We have intentionally opened these gatherings to the public precisely to foster the beautiful mess that emerges out of the inevitable collision of ideas and personalities. In the midst of a pivotal ...