A community-led civic training in West Dayton is helping residents turn knowledge into action, building confidence to vote, ...

From the Bill of Rights to Citizens United, The Context and This Day trace the history of America’s ongoing struggle to build ...

The recent election in Colombia revealed much more than a winning presidential candidate. Catalina Arango Patiño reflects on fear, misinformation, and the urgent need for better democratic ...

The Kettering Foundation’s Dayton Democracy Fellowship is a program that supports innovative leaders, changemakers, and dreamers who are building movements for inclusive democracy in their communities ...

As a college student involved with youth voter mobilization efforts myself, I have spent the past several years studying Gen-Z engagement alongside organizations like Every Vote Counts and the Campus ...

The last time I got sick (just a cold, you know the drill), I was sweating on the couch, head aching, trying to distract myself with bad television. But it wasn’t working. Not surprising in itself, ...

In July 2025, the foundation held its inaugural Kettering Global Conversation on Democracy. The theme, Solidarity across Borders, both framed the event and was a call to action. From the keynote’s ...

The response of the people of the Twin Cities—Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, and the surrounding communities—to the immigration enforcement action nicknamed Operation Metro Surge in early 2026 ...

When Donald Trump was president, he lashed out at the media, responded to critical coverage by describing it as “fake news,” and called journalists “the enemy of the American people.” Project 2025 ...