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Outsmarting Albert Barnes

The Barnes Collection has opened in its new home in Philadelphia, yet its saga leaves a cautionary tale behind in Merion

Clarence Thomas Speaks

In a new documentary, our nation s most enigmatic justice speaks for himself

Spring 2019 - Briefly Noted

Data-driven child welfare, Bloomberg boosts civic innovation, mother-daughter volunteering, the local scholarship that swept the country.

Building Builders

A Christian polytechnic university takes after its inventive founder

Making Forever Families

Churches and donors lift thousands of children out of the foster-care bureaucracy

Lessons in Citizenship

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