So whenever I’m asked about my own views, I’ve fashioned an answer that hews as much to economy as it does to the truth: “I believe in bowling alone.” I have never read Robert Putnam’s ...

This set the tone for open discussions, emphasizing the value of diverse opinions. I graduated college in 1995, the same year Putnam’s Bowling Alone article was published, sparking debate among ...

In his acclaimed 1995 book "Bowling Alone," Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard University, offered a simple but compelling explanation for low voter turnout in American ...

A Paragon webinar on “Join or Die” documentary encouraged stations to become “better caretakers of their communities.” ...

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a church-centered follow-up to Bowling Alone. Most importantly, trust is simply higher in places where more people go to church. “[T]he average American has more trust in ‘people who are ...

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Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear ...

T he idea of committing to one thing — or a person — felt scary and overwhelming when I was younger. I delayed declaring my ...

The decline of civics education contributes to our political polarization, but our schools can help repair our social ...

Images Cinema announced a new film series, Civic Cinema, which examines American society through a hopeful and pragmatic lens ...

Five years ago, an odd funeral procession wended its way through the streets of Chicago. “We started at a church, and had a service,” recalls Nancy Aardema, executive director of the Logan Square ...