Kettering Foundation

05/29/2026

Step 7 in KF Senior Fellow Stacey Abrams' 10 Steps to Freedom and Power campaign: Deny. "Denying means staying loud, connected, and making it harder—every single day—for those in power to pretend that what’s happening is normal business."

Say no. Mean it. Do it together.

05/29/2026

By locating and honoring the graves of Revolutionary War veterans, Ohio volunteers are connecting communities to the nation’s founding and showing how ordinary people play a vital role in carrying forward the story of American democracy:

Memorial Day was first established in the aftermath of the Civil War, but has become a day to mark all those who died serving in the military. As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, Judy Woodruff reports on a local project to mark our revolutionary origins and the final resting places of so...

05/29/2026

Next week, KF President and CEO Sharon L. Davies will be the guest speaker for the June Community Conversation Series held at the Franciscan Center at St. Leonard in Centerville, Ohio.

Attend the free session on “Our Democracy at 250” by reserving your seat at [email protected] or by calling 937.436.2203.

05/28/2026

Watch KF David Mathews Democracy Fellow Kathleen Sebelius discuss her work with the Aspen Institute Health Strategy Group, which recently published a report called Meeting the Health Needs of Rural America. Here, she explores bipartisan solutions aimed at fixing rural health care.

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Kathleen Sebelius was in charge of the U.S. Department of Health an...

05/28/2026

How do Americans of different ages, political viewpoints, and religious groups compare in terms of their perceptions our democracy?

KF Research Fellow Andrew Whitehead analyzes data from the Kettering-Gallup Democracy for All Project to explore why some Americans hold negative perceptions of democracy: https://bit.ly/3RsfG2D

05/28/2026

KF Senior Fellow J. Michael Luttig has joined 35 former federal judges who have filed a motion to reopen Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, arguing that the $1.776B “anti-weaponization” fund is illegal, bypasses Congress, and could be used to reward POTUS allies.

A group of thirty-five former federal judges filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Wednesday, seeking to reopen President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the IRS in order to block the $1.776 billion "slush fund" that the Department of Justice announced it was....

05/27/2026

In a new blog, Angel Mbuthia discusses how the use of digital tools like hashtags and AI is transforming a generation of apathetic youth into organized activists across the African continent:

Angel Mbuthia maps how African youth are using digital platforms to move beyond colonial divides, organize for accountability, and build a new civic generation.

05/26/2026

Different stories don’t have to tear a democracy apart. Sometimes, they are what keep it alive.

Sellah King’oro helps us think about the line between healthy disagreement and the point where conflict begins to deny someone else’s humanity, on : https://bit.ly/GetTheContext

05/25/2026

Today, we remember and honor the people who gave their lives in service to our country.

Memorial Day invites us to reflect on the ideals at the heart of democracy and the responsibility we share to protect them.

05/22/2026

KF Senior Fellow William Kristol on his night at the Freedom House’s annual awards and 85th anniversary celebration: "The dinner was less about the program and more about reconnecting with men and women, from left and center and right, who have tried to fight, mostly arm-in-arm, sometimes arguing with each other, for freedom." https://bit.ly/4wKWa1o

We’ve overcome bigger challenges before.