Democracy Initiative

Francis Rooney's gift to Notre Dame will endow an institute in the College of Arts & Letters committed to the preservation of American democracy through research, teaching and public engagement. Rooney quit the House after two terms when he started having fund-raising troubles as he opposed Trump initiatives.

Notre Dame Professor of Democracy David Campbell says he's optimistic Congress will consider some regulation of social media, since there's bipartisan agreement that social media poses a real threat to democracy.