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community buildings to helping establish the endowment of the American Library Association, funding the nation鈥檚 first graduate library school, and digitizing collections around the world.聽<a href="https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/category/libraries/highlights/">Learn more</a> about <strong style="color: #65171c;">Carnegie Libraries</strong> across America, our foundation's continuing support of libraries, and timeline milestones from our history to today</p><form action="https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/category/libraries/highlights/" align="right"><button type="explore">Explore</button></form></div><div class="featured-articles-wrapper hover-line spacing-top" data-aos="fade-up"><div class="featured-articles column-2 curated-1"><ul><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> International Peace & Security </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h2" href="/our-work/article/welcome-to-a-world-defined-by-polarization-instability-and-disruption/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/cb/c3/cbc3c741-d5f3-46a8-88a8-574891008ab2/gzero-deepens-ib.jpg__810x540_q85_crop_subject_location-960,549_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" alt="None"></div> Welcome to a World Defined by Polarization, Instability, and Disruption </a><div class="article-card-text"><div class="date-byline"><span>February 24, 2025</span></div><p>Eurasia Group鈥檚 Ian Bremmer analyzes a new era when no country is both willing and able to drive a global agenda and maintain international order 聽</p><a class="tag-label" href="/our-work/category/voting-immigration/tag/polarization/">Polarization</a></div></div></div></li></ul><ul><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> Libraries </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" 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</div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" href="/news/articles/carnegie-corporation-of-new-york-board-approves-41-grants-totaling-26781000/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/8b/75/8b75ae2d-f118-4d60-9a5b-c1ef1fab10bd/carnegiecorporation_article_feat.png__810x540_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png" alt="None"></div> Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 41 Grants Totaling $26,781,000 </a><div class="article-card-text"><div class="date-byline"><span>March 13, 2025</span></div><p class="small-paragraph">At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on March 13, 2025, Carnegie's board of trustees approved 41 grants totaling $27 million.</p></div></div></div></li><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> Democracy </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" href="/our-work/article/what-would-it-take-for-politicians-to-find-common-ground-one-state-house-tries-an-experiment/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/1d/44/1d44ddea-d95c-4e60-8a70-438dfdc8f7b4/braverangelsnh_1_resized.jpg__810x540_q85_crop_subject_location-960,485_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" alt="None"></div> What Would It Take for Politicians to Find Common Ground? One State House Tries an Experiment </a><div class="article-card-text"><div class="date-byline"><span>February 11, 2025</span></div><p class="small-paragraph">More than 90 New Hampshire state legislators participate in a Braver Angels workshop to help them move from personal attacks to understanding</p><a class="tag-label" href="/our-work/category/voting-immigration/tag/polarization/">Polarization</a></div></div></div></li><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> In the News </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" href="/news/articles/carnegie-returns-to-its-roots-with-millions-in-grants-to-public-libraries/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/2c/d5/2cd52150-9dab-40c8-b7d5-80ff08b7e7a4/carnegie_returns_to_its_roots_with_millions_in_grants_to_public_libraries.jpg__810x540_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" alt="None"></div> Carnegie Returns to Its Roots with Millions in Grants to Public Libraries </a><div class="article-card-text"><div class="date-byline"><span>September 20, 2024</span></div><p class="small-paragraph">Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by steel magnate and library builder Andrew Carnegie, thinks the public institutions can mend today’s societal fractures</p></div></div></div></li><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> Libraries </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" href="/news/articles/secret-life-of-librarians/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/d0/b2/d0b2588c-ae05-4e69-96f8-b02bc167922e/ilml2024_social_horizontal.jpg__810x540_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" alt="None"></div> The Secret Life of Librarians </a><div class="article-card-text"><div class="date-byline"><span>April 15, 2024</span></div><p class="small-paragraph">In partnership with the American Library Association and the New York Public Library, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates ten exceptional librarians every year with the I Love My Librarian Award. The Secret Life of Librarians explores their unexpected stories and contributions as civic heroes who improve lives and bring communities together.</p></div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="home-curated-middle-wrapper" data-aos="fade-up"><div class="home-curated-middle"><div class="cr-issue-latest " data-aos="fade-up"><div class="cr-issue-latest-media"><img class="cr-issue-latest-image" src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/3a/0b/3a0b2c1b-c332-4ed7-8373-537b0a5d0bb3/betty_page3.jpg__1440x810_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" alt="None"></div><div class="cr-issue-latest-content"><div class="cr-issue-latest-heading label-style">LATEST ISSUE</div><div class="cr-issue-latest-subtitle h6">Vol 15 / No. 1</div><div class="cr-issue-latest-title h2">Carnegie Reporter Summer 2024</div><div class="cr-issue-latest-description"><div class="h6">Inside:</div><p class="small-paragraph">The Local Issue of Carnegie鈥檚 flagship magazine explores the work of librarians, educators, journalists, national service members, and other civic leaders who are forging ties in their local communities and strengthening democracy.</p></div><a class="cr-issue-latest-button button" href="/our-work/category/carnegie-reporter/tag/carnegie-reporter-summer-2024/issue/">EXPLORE THE ISSUE</a></div></div></div></div><div class="featured-articles-wrapper spacing hover-line" data-aos="fade-up"><div class="featured-articles-label h2">Carnegie Reporter Summer 2024 Highlights</div><ul class="featured-articles column-4 row-plugin"><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> Democracy </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" href="/our-work/article/the-case-for-objective-investigative-and-local-journalism/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/2b/ac/2bac891b-dae7-405f-bd5c-edf8e7e844c2/martin_baron.jpg__810x540_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" alt="None"></div> The Case for Objective, Investigative, and Local Journalism </a><div class="article-card-text"><div class="date-byline"><span>June 05, 2024</span></div><p class="small-paragraph">The former editor of the Washington Post argues that without democracy, there will be no independent press, and without an independent press, there can be no democracy聽</p><a class="tag-label" href="/our-work/category/carnegie-reporter/tag/carnegie-reporter-summer-2024/issue/">Carnegie Reporter Summer 2024</a><a class="tag-label" href="/our-work/category/voting-immigration/tag/polarization/">Polarization</a><a class="tag-label" href="/our-work/category/voting-immigration/tag/citizenship/">Citizenship</a></div></div></div></li><li data-aos="fade-up"><div class="article-card-light "><div class="article-card-label label-style"> International Peace & Security </div><div class="article-card-inner"><a class="h4" href="/our-work/article/how-do-foreign-policy-decisions-affect-local-us-communities/"><div class="article-card-image"><img src="https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/c6/84/c684c5b1-f196-4e0d-b158-ba9b1eda33a0/heat_map_on_a_globe.png__810x540_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png" alt="None"></div> How Do Foreign Policy Decisions Affect Local U.S. Communities? 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