



An Alternative to Partisan Politics
Partisanship and gridlock are holding our nation back.
Americans want their leaders to come together around common-sense policies to tackle our hardest problems. The path forward is clear: Increase civic engagement. Improve the quality of political discourse. Support leaders who work together to forge common sense solutions to our hardest problems. If enough Americans come together to reclaim our politics, America will get moving again. Common Ground was written to help us begin.
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Time to Get Smart on Military Spending
Defense Principle #2: We do not need, and cannot afford, to maintain forces capable of carrying out every conceivable mission. Events over the past three decades have…
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Quick Look: Amanda Ripley’s “Complicating the Narrative”
After watching a 60 Minutes episode that brought together Democrats and Republicans to discuss politics in our hyper-partisan times, journalist Amanda Ripley wasn’t as inspired as she…
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This Is Your Brain on Party Affiliation
Active Citizenship means thinking with your brain, not your party affiliation A 2013 poll commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA Today posed the following question: “To…
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Teachers on Strike
Last year, teachers in eight states across the country staged large-scale walkouts. The first strike in 2019 came in mid-January, when teachers in Los Angeles, California –…