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Philip K. Howard

Philip K. Howard

Philip K. Howard is founder of Common Good and author, most recently, of Try Common Sense: Replacing the Failed Ideologies of Right and Left (2019).

Articles and Events

Letting Leaders Lead

Letting Leaders Lead

America is suffering from a failure of democratic authority–the solution is to re-empower Americans to take responsibility.

Philip K. Howard
Helping Andrew Yang

Helping Andrew Yang

Yang’s new party is a good idea, but he needs an enemy.

Philip K. Howard
Accountability on Trial

Accountability on Trial

Expansive rights rhetoric undermines what democracy cannot survive without—accountability.

Philip K. Howard