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GOP Refusal to Confirm Dilawar Syed For His Faith Is An Attack on American Democracy

In 1863, in the ensuing chaos after the Battle of Gettysburg, Private Mohammed Kahn was separated from his regiment. Union military police arrested him and brought him before the Provost Marshall. Kahn, a Muslim who immigrated to the United States only months before the Civil War ignited, had enlisted in the Union Army to defend his new homeland from the scourge of bigotry, racism, and extremism. But the 43rd New York Infantry Regiment in which Kahn enlisted was an all white unit. Rejecting Kahn’s sincere and desperate pleas to reunite and fight alongside his regiment, the Provost Marshall sent Kahn to a Philadelphia labor camp. Despite Kahn’s willingness to give the ultimate sacrifice for his nation, his nation imprisoned him on account of his skin color and his faith.

Leaving Kabul: Flights to Freedom and Becoming American

Jennifer Walters, Truman Defense Council Member has offered a reflection of the events stemming from the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August.

Democracy isn’t Exclusive to National Government

Erin Bromaghim, Senior Visiting Fellow for City and State Diplomacy at Truman Center, offers her insight on the ongoing Summit for Democracy, taking place from December 9th-10th.

If Any Day Deserves Celebration for Ending Slavery, it's Today.

If any day deserves celebration for ending slavery, it is: December 6, 1865. Today is the 156th anniversary of the 13th Amendment’s ratification.

“I was a true believer. I genuinely thought what I was doing would help secure democracy in Afghanistan.”

I entered the State Department on September 10, 2001, with a vague sense of patriotism. …