The American Leader reframes how we look at the world in order to foster progress towards solving our systemic problems. Despite a lot of great journalism that’s been published, we often are constrained in our view of the world by what the newsmakers choose to let us see. It’s their messaging that dominates the headlines, and it’s the journalists role and ours as news consumers to sift through the volume of information, disinformation, distortions, and distractions to parse the truth. When the rush of headlines keeps coming at a 24/7 pace, a lot can get overlooked, go uninvestigated, or simply get forgotten. The American Leader aims to bring the best available knowledge back to the surface to connect the dots and create a steadier picture of the world that helps us focus more on how to solve systemic problems like climate change and our ballooning national debt. Years of failing to fix these problems have eroded the public’s faith in our democratic system, and we think it’s time to change that.