Commentary - America's Future

By Josh Evans • Nov 20,2019 AF Community

Weekly Writers Round-Up: Problems with Medicare for All, Candidates’ Silence on Foreign Policy, and Exiting Afghanistan

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 Peter Lipsett • Nov 19,2019 Leadership

How to be “Indistractable” in Giving

How’s your focus? Is it a challenge to single-task? There’s no shame in recognizing it. We’re all easily distracted. That’s why so many articles start with crazy-short sentences like this!...

By AF Editors • Nov 18,2019 Policy

How Free Speech Got Its Start in America

The following is an excerpt from Speech First’s “A Brief History of Free Speech in America.” Words are powerful – which is why throughout history, kings, tyrants and governments have...

By Josh Evans • Nov 14,2019 AF Community

Weekly Writers Round-Up: Americans’ Apathy toward War, the Challenge of Student Journalism, and the Future of DACA

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 Beth Bailey • Nov 12,2019 AF Community

7 Ways AF Can Help Any Aspiring Writer

The America’s Future Foundation Writing Fellows Program offers valuable training for editorial writers, but the skills it teaches can be helpful for writers of all kinds. If you are a...

By Cindy Cerquitella • Nov 08,2019 Culture, Policy

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

Learn it: As the largest generational demographic in the country, it’s increasingly important for young people to make their voices heard, especially at the local level. To encourage a deeper...