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“Tonight, the President took a bold and praiseworthy step forward in winding down America’s costly ‘endless wars.’ For far too long the wars in Afghanistan and Syria have muddled along at great cost and risk without a viable strategy—and our ‘stalemates’ have come at the high cost of American lives. It’s time we do right […]

The passage of the First Step Act has resulted in the improvement of rehabilitation and re-entry opportunities for thousands of incarcerated individuals. Our founder, Charles Koch, recently challenged the business community to take the next step and create opportunities for individuals with criminal records who have earned a second chance. The Society for Human Resource […]

Arlington, VA, Jan. 10, 2019 – A new YouGov poll commissioned by Stand Together Trust indicates Americans are open to withdrawing American troops from conflicts in Afghanistan and Syria. This survey comes after President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Defense signaled the administration was ready to make major moves to bring U.S. troops […]

Statement from Will Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Stand Together Trust, in response to the President’s December 19, 2018 tweet on Syria:  “We commend President Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. It’s time to bring all of those troops home. The Syrian civil war remains a tragedy. However, U.S. security interests would be […]

Today the House passed a criminal justice reform bill that will bring changes to the federal justice system in the United States for the first time in a decade. The following statement is by Stand Together Trust’s Senior Fellow Vikrant Reddy: “Today federal policy makers have made the decision to remove barriers to redemption for […]

Small business and startup-focused magazine Inc. is hosting its annual gala this week. One of the topics up for discussion? The role business can play in the formerly incarcerated reentering their communities.

January 23, 2020 Updated Survey Results Arlington, VA, October 8, 2018 – Seventeen years since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, a new poll reveals that Americans question the worthiness of the ongoing war there, want the United States to pull troops out of the country, and would like their leaders to exercise more restraint when […]

Arlington, VA, September 19, 2018 – Stand Together Trust released a poll today that reveals a decade after Congress’ passage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)—precipitated by the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and American International Group Inc. (AIG)—Americans regard the bailout for financial institutions with skepticism. They also overwhelmingly believe that TARP […]

“This survey is incredibly valuable, especially at this particular moment, as tech companies are coming under fire from lobbyists, activists, and politicians seeking to expand government regulation. NetChoice and Zogby Analytics have demonstrated that Americans want governments’ hands off. What’s more, such regulation isn’t necessary—consumers leave platforms they don’t like. Americans think more government regulations […]

Amid growing divisiveness in our culture, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Center for American Progress, and several other organizations have joined together to create “Communities Overcoming Extremism (COE): The After Charlottesville Project,” a national initiative to explore how to address intolerance. As part of the initiative, COE will hold two summits for public and private sector […]