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ARLINGTON, Va., February 7, 2017— Stand Together Trust and the Center for the National Interest today released a poll of 1,000 Americans taken the last weekend of January demonstrating that Americans want Washington to show greater restraint when it comes to military spending and intervention in foreign matters.  These findings are consistent with our two […]

Results show voters favor an emphasis on diplomacy and trade and are skeptical of military intervention abroad. Arlington, Va., Dec. 19, 2016—Stand Together Trust and the Center for the National Interest today released a poll of 1,000 Americans that shows voters believe focusing on diplomacy and trade are better methods of improving U.S. security than military […]

Stand Together Trust is pleased to announce that Nancy Perry Graham has joined its communications team to lead the organization’s editorial and creative capabilities. She will also play an instrumental role in Stand Together Trust’s Media and Journalism Fellowship, which will benefit from the expertise of a number of media experts and industry professionals. “We […]

Over half of Americans believe the military should be used less overseas during next administration October 27, 2016 – Arlington, Va. — Only 14 percent of registered voters in the United States believe the country’s foreign policy has made them safer since 2001, according to a poll of 1,000 Americans released today by Stand Together […]

In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal covering several topics, Charles Koch writes about how the free exchange of ideas, crucial to human advancement, is threatened in modernity. “The U.S. is already far down the path to becoming a less open and free society, and the current cultural and political atmosphere threatens to make […]

Stand Together Trust, ACLU-NCA, FIRE, and National Coalition Against Censorship, along with Flying Dog Brewery, host screening and panel discussion. WASHINGTON — Stand Together Trust, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), the ACLU-National Capital Area (ACLU-NCA), and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) are co-sponsoring a VIP advance screening of Can We Take a Joke?, a new […]

Jim Tankersley recently profiled Charles Koch for The Washington Post in an interview that covered Mr. Koch’s philanthropy, particularly his academic support. In the profile, Mr. Koch articulates his respect for the scholars and students who pursue what Michael Polanyi called “The Republic of Science” and explains his support for the never-ending exploration of ideas. As Tankersly writes: […]

In his new op-ed for Time, William Ruger, vice president of policy and research at Stand Together Trust, discussed why America should remain committed to the ideal of free speech, even when such speech is uncomfortable. As he writes: “As a society, we seem to have forgotten that free speech is central to our dignity as […]

Richard E. Doran, a former Florida attorney general; Michael A. Adkinson Jr., sheriff of Walton County; and Vikrant P. Reddy, senior research fellow at Stand Together Trust, recently authored an op-ed together in the  Orlando Sentinel to discuss the criminal justice reforms that Florida could adopt to help improve public safety and lower the state […]

Jeremy Lott, senior fellow at the American security Initiative Foundation, covered Stand Together Trust’s foreign policy conference, “Advancing American Security,” for The American Spectator. Lott described the conference as a forum to “inject realism, restraint, and consideration for concrete American national interests back into what passes for foreign policy debate today.” Lott recognized such debate as necessary, […]