The effects of civic illiteracy take their toll over time, and while Americans are almost defiantly indifferent about their lack of civic understanding, the consequences to our basic rights and freedoms and the general health of our republic could be dire.

If this is the end of democracy as we know it, I say good riddance, because that is precisely what's brought us to this present moment of gridlock and polarization and corruption.

"The Constitution makes clear there can be no religious test for holding office, and it is just as clear there can be no religious test for individual...

Literacy today is not simply learning to read. There are additional literacies -- abilities to understand and operate -- in 21st century America.