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July 12, 2023
Could News Bloom in News Deserts?
Key Points Due to the steady decline of print news in America, many Americans now live in news deserts, where there is no newspaper covering local issues. The absence of…
June 29, 2023
Investing in Ideas, Influencing Policy: A Guide to Think Tank Effectiveness
Executive Summary As donors evaluate think tank investments, this paper proposes a series of features that distinguish independent autonomous public policy think tanks and their effectiveness in influencing public policy…
September 2, 2021
Is Civil Society Becoming a Luxury Good?
Key Points This quantitative analysis suggests that the supposed decline in civil-society participation is not geographically uniform throughout the United States. Some lower-income communities have a strong civil-society presence if…