Public Service
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about the extraordinary importance of public service. "As a democracy, we are not going to survive without activists, without idealists...without people who care and are going to ...
Voices of the People: Political Participation Impacts Health of the Nation
Political participation, in all the ways it is practiced, is critical to the health of a nation. Despite grumblings about the political process and the disappointing performance of recent years, the right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. A l...
Candidates and Campaigns: Contrast Between Early Congressmen and Today's Legislators
We need politicians; it is the way our democracy works. At the beginning of the republic people went to Congress with the idea of serving one term and then going home. This self-imposed term limit may seem admirable, but it did not allow people the ...