Portland Oregon has been an odd duck when it comes to governance structure, but that may change soon. Portland’s third Charter Commission has just released its first progress report on...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened focus on health inequity in the United States and laid bare the multitude of factors that contribute to health disparities. While much of the...
Political polarization has been on the rise for decades and it’s limiting our ability to address some of the vexing problems of our time. Differences of opinion on policy issues...
“When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.” –President Lyndon B. Johnson. LBJ was not only...
As our nation prepares to consider the nomination of a Supreme Court justice, I spent some time reviewing some of the views of one of the League’s founders, Justice Louis...
Seldom has one family been as strong a force for democracy across three generations as the Pforzheimer family of New York. A long-time supporter of the League, the Pforzheimer family...
The National Civic League’s program, “Enhancing the Equity and Inclusiveness of Age-friendly Initiatives”, has received an additional round of funding from NextFifty Initiative, a Colorado-based foundation that supports efforts to...
On January 18 the W.K. Kellogg Foundation hosted the sixth annual National Day of Racial Healing, a virtual event organized to uplift personal and communal narratives, celebrate community, and promote...
Empowering neighborhood groups and de-centralized planning structures is one strategy that cities use to promote equitable civic engagement. But how effective are these structures? Critics often point out that neighborhood...
