Commentary - America's Future

By Lydia Pitea • May 18,2020 Culture

The Ordinary Citizen’s Guide to America’s Reopening

It’s happening. America is on the road to reopening the economy (whatever that actually means). Wherever you stand on the reopening debate, sooner or later things will all be open...

By Anastasia Uglova • May 15,2020 Career Advice

How to Talk about Your Salary Expectations

Are you staring at the field in the job application that requires you to input your salary — especially numerically — so you can’t even get away with writing “negotiable”?...

By Josh Evans • May 13,2020 AF Community

Weekly Writers Round-Up: What COVID-19 Means for Immigration, the Tech Sector, and Unemployment

Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...

By Brenée Goforth • May 12,2020 Culture

Money-saving Hobbies to Pick Up During Quarantine

Coronavirus has upended a lot of our lives. From lost jobs to dwindling social lives to being in what feels like a permanent pajama state, many of our lives have...

By Peter Lipsett • May 11,2020 Culture

Philanthropy Fills the Cracks as We Reopen the Nation

My wife has a theory. Even if you’re full from a big meal, there is still room for ice cream because ice cream fills in the cracks. I’m no scientist,...

By Cindy Cerquitella • May 08,2020 Culture, Policy

Learn It, Live It, Love It: The Reopen Edition

Learn It: Ballotpedia has put together a constantly updated, exhaustive list of the path’s states and cities are taking to reopen their economies. This week, AF-HQ hosted an event with...