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PowerMoves: How the Choices of College Students Can Bolster Our Democracy

America faces an unprecedented democracy crisis rooted in political polarization and gerrymandering. Fortunately, extreme polarization is not a given – and it doesn’t take a constitutional amendment or an act of Congress to make a change.

I’m a Democrat. I Attended a Vigil for Charlie Kirk. Here’s What I Learned.

For me, deciding to attend the vigil was not simple. Kirk had been a figure whose rhetoric often cut deep and whose style felt combative...

3 BridgeUSA Chapters Get Busy for an Important Semester

Energy for the mission at the 2025 National Summit

BridgeUSA hosted its largest-ever National Summit in Indianapolis, welcoming students from over 80 campuses. Here’s how this student-led movement is fighting polarization through connection and dialogue.

Reframing Civics Education for the 21st Century: Leveraging Constructive Intergroup Dialogue to Combat Polarization

Guerilla Chapters: Succeeding Without Institutional Support