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Civitas Outlook, the online journal of the Civitas Institute, publishes original writing about the ideas that create flourishing societies.

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Rediscovering History as the Story of Liberty

Rediscovering History as the Story of Liberty

History can be a way to center ourselves today and renew the institutions and beliefs that are central to that history and its legacy.

Arthur Herman
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 9, 2026

The Many Myths of Birthright Citizenship

The Many Myths of Birthright Citizenship

The history is far more convoluted than the standard accounts provide.

Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Apr 9, 2026

The Logic of Pressing for Change in Cuba Now

The Logic of Pressing for Change in Cuba Now

How can the Trump Administration effect political change that satisfies the United States while appearing organic rather than dictated by Washington?

Ryan C. Berg
Politics
Apr 8, 2026

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Ukraine's Cause Can Be Vindicated
Max Prowant
Politics
Apr 29, 2025
Ukraine: Beyond Tragedy and Self-Defeating Manichaeism
Daniel J. Mahoney
Politics
Apr 29, 2025
Harvard's Civil Rights Violations Run Deep
Tal Fortgang
Politics
Apr 28, 2025
What Is MAGA Antitrust?
Jessica Melugin
Economic Dynamism
Apr 28, 2025
The Sound of Five Thousand Banks Collapsing
Alex J. Pollock
Economic Dynamism
Apr 25, 2025
The Quantum Revolution and the Human Spirit
Rob Koons
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 25, 2025

Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism

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Slaying the ESG and DEI Dragons
Samuel Gregg
Economic Dynamism
Feb 24, 2025
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Feb 20, 2025
A New Course Is Needed for the Steel Industry
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Feb 12, 2025
AI Disrupts Itself, Expect More of This
Rachel Lomasky
Economic Dynamism
Feb 6, 2025
The EU Imposes Its ESG Agenda on American Companies
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Feb 4, 2025
The Path Dependency of American Health Care
Thomas Miller
Economic Dynamism
Jan 29, 2025

Politics

We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

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The Logic of Pressing for Change in Cuba Now
Ryan C. Berg
Politics
Apr 8, 2026
Another Reason for Regime Change: Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War
John Yoo
Politics
Apr 3, 2026
The Iran War and the Future of the American Right
Thomas D. Howes
Politics
Apr 3, 2026
The Politicization of the Scientific Method
Richard Epstein
Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Parliament, Country, and Friendship
Luke Foster
Politics
Mar 25, 2026
Why Can’t We Have a Real Filibuster?
Joseph Postell
Politics
Mar 24, 2026

Constitutionalism

We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.

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The Many Myths of Birthright Citizenship
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Apr 9, 2026
Supreme Court Justly Skeptical of Trump Administration’s Anti-Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026
The Arc of Justice Alito
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026
Getting Right With Scalia
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026
Dishonor and the Civil Service
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Mar 30, 2026
The Government Schools Persist in Mandating Gender Ideology
Sarah Parshall Perry
Constitutionalism
Mar 26, 2026

Pursuit of Happiness

We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

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Rediscovering History as the Story of Liberty
Arthur Herman
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 9, 2026
James Q. Wilson and the Crisis of Our Time
Titus Techera
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 8, 2026
Welcome to the Manosphere
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 3, 2026
Celebrating Passover in Communist Exile
Juliana Geran Pilon
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 1, 2026
The Dignity of Relational Beings
Ainsley Weber
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 31, 2026
Adams’ Duplicitous Cabinet
Myron Magnet
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 27, 2026

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