Commentary - America's Future

By Lyndsey Fifield • Nov 25,2019 Career Advice

4 Ways You Know It’s Time To Leave Your Job (Even One You Love)

Your early career can be an exciting time of opportunity — especially right now while the economy is booming and employers are working hard to attract talent with higher salaries,...

By Taylor Dawson • Nov 21,2019 AF Community

Unsung Heroes of School Choice

On November 19, AF-Nashville partnered with the Beacon Center of Tennessee and the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation to host “Honoring Our Heroes,” a mixer to recognize individuals in Tennessee whose...

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...