Announcing Tacoma, Washington as a new city joining the Our Common Purpose Communities Project, led by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The city of Tacoma becomes part of a larger effort to advance local approaches to strengthening democracy.
Economist and Academy member Daron Acemoglu received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for groundbreaking work that illuminates how institutions shape economies. Acemoglu was a vital contributor to the Academy's Commission on Reimagining Our Economy, a cross-disciplinary effort to understand and improve the economy for the people who make it work.
An Academy working group has issued a new resource for repairing and strengthening civic culture in America. In a highly polarized political environment, the Academy’s new publication reminds us America is united by people who believe in its ideals and who balance their self-interest with the well-being of their community and country.