In 1982, criminologists James Wilson and George Kelling introduced the “broken windows theory” in criminal justice. They ...

While most Americans have lost faith in lawmakers on Capitol Hill, a healthy majority still trusts their local government, according to a new poll. Gallup’s annual trust in government institu… ...

How local governments broke America’s housing marketsSubscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Americans love local government. In a December 2023 Pew Research ...

Trust in local government, however, has remained constant at about 70 percent. In fact, this is one of the true bright spots in American governance over the last half-century.

Representation is the core of self-government, and it has also become a weapon for party conflict. We are once again at a ...

The disappearance of local news is just one sign of the decline of the American republic of letters. But we can still try to restore it.

The truth is, the federal government simply does not have the answer to every problem, nor the fiscal means to implement every proposal.

Illustrator: Matt Chinworth Opinion Don’t Panic: Distrusting Government Is an American Tradition In an election year, there’s plenty of hand-wringing about our lack of faith in Washington.

The government has been pointed to as America's biggest problem in all of Gallup's monthly polls since October, when that sentiment peaked at 33 percent.