An overwhelming majority of local government leaders (87 percent) believes polarization is hurting the country but far fewer ...

As a teenager, Tim Luna thought he’d end up working in his mother’s taco shop or doing odd jobs around his small town in rural Texas. His family and teachers urged him to aim higher. Luna took college ...

Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates remarkable Americans — all naturalized citizens — who have enriched and strengthened our democracy through their actions and ...

Polarization in America: Survey of Local Government is the first in a three-part series of surveys aimed at understanding the impact of polarization, identifying solutions, and strengthening ...

Cesiah Gonzalez had thought about joining the Marines, but in her sophomore year of high school in Albuquerque, she tried a paid internship as a medical assistant in a family health clinic. She ...

Dimitri Simes was born in 1947 in Moscow in the former Soviet Union and graduated from Moscow University. Though he served as an analyst of international affairs at the IMEMO institute, he decided to ...

As a girl growing up in Damascus, Syria, Dina Katabi loved Star Wars and was fascinated by the notion of the “Force” — the invisible energy generated by all living things that can be used for good or ...

Ana Navarro-Cárdenas was born in Nicaragua, and came to the United States with her mother and three siblings in 1980 to escape the country’s communist regime. Her father stayed behind to fight with ...

Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was among the wealthiest and most famous industrialists of his day. Through Carnegie Corporation of New York, the innovative philanthropic foundation he established in 1911 ...

Political polarization has become a defining feature of American national politics. But is the same true for local government? A new survey, conducted by the nonprofit organization CivicPulse and ...

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides philanthropic support for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. After a ...