FixUS in the News

Growing threat to American democracy: Winning at all costs – The Hill – June 28, 2023

Make governing great again – The Fulcrum – November 21, 2022

Patriotism over polarization – The Fulcrum – September 14, 2022

• Also appeared in Newsday, The Press of Atlantic City, The York Dispatch, The Frederick News-Post, the Butler Eagle, the Ludington Daily News, the Yakima Herald-Republic, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Rochester Post-Bulletin, and the Chattanooga Times Free Press

January 6 Anniversary an Opportunity to Change Course - FixUS Statement - January 6, 2022

The most dangerous divide in America isn't what you think - The Hill - December 20, 2021

How to unite a divided nation - Boston Globe Herald - August 5, 2021

Lightfoot: To move forward, we must reform today's political system - Telegraph Herald - July 18, 2021

Our political system favors extremes | Opinion - Penn Live - July 16, 2021

Sensible election reforms can address partisan gridlock | Opinion - Penn Live - July 12, 2021

E Pluribus Unum - does the spirit still exist in America? - Greeley Tribune - June 23, 2021

Government fails people when partisanship rules - Boston Herald - June 14, 2021

The simple fix to our polarization: Befriend someone you disagree with - The Washington Post - May 23, 2021

America Talks: Toxic polarization threatens our nation's future. Here's how we can save it. - USA Today - May 18, 2021

January 6 Commission Essential to Restoring Trust - FixUS Statement - May 14, 2021

Good governance should be good politics - Roll Call - May 6, 2021

Eight in ten Americans are concerned about partisanship. Here's how 'The Unum Test' can reunite America. - Time - April 13, 2021

Congress must fix its dysfunction and reclaim its role - Albany Times Union - March 31, 2021

Create a Commission to Investigate Events of January 6, 2021 - Coalition Letter - February 26, 2021

Yes, we can pull Congress back from the partisan brink. Here's how. - Kansas City Star - February 21, 2021

Mike Murphy talks about FixUS - Democracy on the Move Podcast - February 21, 2021

Bridging the partisan divide - Federal News Network - February 12, 2021

To make democracy function again, would you listen to a thousand years of experience? - The Fulcrum - February 11, 2021

• Also appeared in Seattle Times, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Bristol Herald Courier, Yakima Herald, and Grand Island Independent

Leon Panetta discusses FixUS report on CNN - CNN Newsroom - February 6, 2021

Biden's bipartisanship at the crossroads (paywall) - Financial Times "Swamp Notes" newsletter - February 5, 2021

Maya MacGuineas of FixUS on CNN - CNN Newsroom - January 1, 2021

Polarization has put America's democracy in peril. But on this Election Day, there are reasons to be hopeful that the U.S. can heal. - Business Insider - November 3, 2020

We asked, you responded: Finding the postelection path to reconciliation - The Berkshire Eagle - November 3, 2020

Our bitter polarization won't end with the election - Virginia Mercury - October 15, 2020

America needs a return to civility - Herald-Palladium - September 2, 2020

Gridlock on budget and coronavirus relief reflects a lack of fiscal leadership - Washington Examiner - September 1, 2020

Rebuilding trust in our leadership - Colorado Politics - August 26, 2020

How to Fix Democracy / Maya MacGuineas - Bertelsmann Foundation - August 4, 2020

Practicing civility is the only way to find solutions, and is a civic duty - Lansing State Journal - July 24, 2020

Former World Fuel Services CEO Paul Stebbins left rat race to focus on civic duties - Chicago Business Journal - July 16, 2020

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas discussed FixUS on C-SPAN - C-SPAN Washington Journal - July 14, 2020

We owe it to future generations to work together - Juneau Empire - June 2, 2020 

Conversation with Paul Stebbins - The American Interest - May 20, 2020

New coalition will push democracy reforms targeted to center and right - The Fulcrum - March 26, 2020

FixUS Initiative Launches to Better Understand & Address Growing National Divisions - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - January 13, 2020

Guest Editorial: Unlike politicians in D.C., some are willing to work together - Times Record - December 17, 2019 

Fixing Us? - Facing the Future - December 11, 2019

A discussion with Paul Stebbins from FixUS - The Alliance Party After Dark podcast - December 8, 2019

No budget. On the brink of default. It’s a hell of a way to run a country. - The Washington Post - July 17, 2019

The question to ask in 2020 - The Fulcrum - June 27, 2019

Disastrous record deficits threaten US future yet barely make a ripple in Washington - USA Today - April 12, 2019

Fixing debt and our broken system must be national priorities - Austin American-Statesman - December 13, 2018

Former Defense Secretary and Congressman Leon Panetta appeared on CNN to discuss our new report, Why is Governing No Longer Good Politics?: Reflections from a Thousand Years of Public Service.

“We have to get back to governing. We elect political leaders not to go back to Washington to pound their shoe on the table, we elect them to go back and solve the problems facing this country. The thrust of this report is, what has gone wrong, how do we fix it, how do we get back to making governing good politics.” 

Read the report.