Commentary - America's Future

By Katie Modesitt • Nov 19,2018 AF Community

How You Can Help the Recovery from California’s Fires

Dear AF Community, For those of you I haven’t met, my name is Katie Modesitt, and I lead our San Francisco chapter. Like many of you, one of my deepest...

By Cindy Cerquitella • Nov 16,2018 Culture

My Thanksgiving Menu

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. For those who know me, that comes as no surprise. My devotion to food and to cooking all day is well documented; after...

By Beth Bailey • Nov 15,2018 AF Community

Transformed by Four Years with AF

I had been living in Michigan for a year, working exclusively on writing a novel, before I started volunteering with the Detroit chapter of America’s Future Foundation. I joined the...

By Josh Evans • Nov 14,2018 AF Community

Weekly Writers Round-Up: Veterans Day, Lotteries, and Airbnb

Each week, we’ll be featuring the work of the alumni and current participants of AF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. For more information...

By Peter Lipsett • Nov 13,2018

Princess Fiona Philanthropy

Shrek was a breakout hit in 2001. As I often am with movies, I came late to the Shrek party, having watched it for the first time just the other...

By Cindy Cerquitella • Nov 09,2018 Culture, Liberty

Learn it, Live it, Love it

Learn it: I suffer from two specific maladies: first, I am always adding projects to my plate. There’s always something new I want to take on, so multitasking becomes a...