Philip K. Howard

Americans overwhelmingly think our democracy needs to be overhauled. Let's create a movement to do just that.

Extremism can flourish with bad authority, but also in a culture without authority.

What environmentalists need is to harness broad frustration with Washington into a broad change coalition.

America needs a Republican Party with a positive governing vision. Democracy can't work when one side just says no.

Forget about shutting down the government. We need to radically reinvent it.

The government-shutdown drama displays Washington's big-picture paralysis. Our team of 20 leaders and experts suggests small, common-sense ideas that can get America moving forward right now.

View our list of 20 small, common-sense ideas that can get America moving forward.