Constitution

Can intellectual humility and listening with empathy open closed minds and preserve honest debate?

Enemies of faith want hundreds of institutions of higher ed to shut up or shut down.

Philanthropy has an opportunity today to refurbish an entire civic culture in disrepair

Rags to riches in real life. Vets achieving independence. A pilgrimage to Israel for $500. Behind the scenes at Gettysburg. Leonard Leo's legal network. The power of small givers.

Meet the donors who have taken it upon themselves to launch new colleges

The much-discouraged $30 million grant that changed a city, the case for naming gifts, art and resilience.

A new history reveals the wealthy philanthropists behind suffrage and other feminist advances

On buying the Magna Carta, understanding university culture, and interviewing Oprah.

Censorship by Google. A modern-day good Samaritan. A quarterback gives back. Charter school experimentation.

Police foundations support and even pioneer public-safety enhancements.

Protecting donor privacy is crucial to the health and freedom of our society, but not everyone sees it that way

Why givers prize the right to be anonymous

With the valuable pro bono hours they volunteer, lawyers can change lives, or change the country.

Hard-won knowledge on how donor-funded litigation can improve our country

The Hewlett Foundation wants to improve the effectiveness of our political debates

Where are the old-line veterans charities headed?

The clamor for limitless government threatens every private initiative

Gerry Lenfest reflects on $1.2 billion of personal giving

The real reason for keeping the government s hands off of the charitable deduction

The Philanthropy Roundtable s action list on the IRS scandal.

American students are increasingly ignorant of American civics. Donors are working to revive appreciation of founding principles