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The American Enterprise Institute held a conference on the state of civic education. This session focused on civic education in America.

The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a discussion commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversary of America’s 1776 Declaration of Independence. This conversation was d…

Debates over teaching American history are not new. The latest solution is a government supported plan called “Educating for American Democracy.” Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Michae…

The House Select Modernization of Congress Committee heard recommendations on how to modernize the nation’s legislative body and how it operates. Topics included the pros and cons of adding …

Harvard Professor Danielle Allen, principal investigator for the Educating for American Democracy Project, spoke by phone about efforts to increase civics education.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, were among the featured speakers at the 2020 Atlantic Festival. Secretary Clinton…

Representative Jodey Arrington (R-TX) spoke by phone about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on his congressional district. He also talked about potential legislation responding to the economic…

The Brookings Institution held a discussion to examine ways to make changes to the criminal justice system’s use of fees, finesm and bail. Experts and advocates in this panel focused on the …

James Forman, author of Locking Up Our Own, and Danielle Allen, author of Cuz, talked about race and crime in the United States. They spoke at the 2017 Texas Book Festival in Austin.

Danielle Allen and Emily Sneff spoke about their discovery in Sussex, England, of the second known parchment manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Former government officials, academics, and journalists talked about the causes of political polarization in America and the erosion of bipartisanship in government. Panelists included Haley…

Bob Woodward, David Maraniss, Jo Becker, Paul Gigot, and Danielle Allen participated in a panel discussion on the successes and failures of Barack Obama’s presidency. They focused on foreign…

Danielle Allen talked about her book Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality, in which she talks about the Declaration of Independence. She s…

Panelists talked about the historical background and the original intent of the Declaration of Independence. They argued that starting in the 19th century abolitionists focused on the phrase…

Panelists talked about the text of the Declaration of Independence and how it reflects the time it was written. Topics included the punctuation used in the document and the differences betwe…

Joseph Ellis, author of Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence, and Danielle Allen, author of Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Eq…