Want to Make Voting Fun? Just Add Music!

September 25, 2024

There’s no end to the creative ways for supporting democracy and making voting more pleasant, and DJs at the Polls is just one of many recent democracy innovations aiming to...

Aiding Democracy in your Community

August 30, 2024

The League is expanding our capacity to help communities with democracy and civic engagement, with the addition of three familiar faces. Derek Okubo, a former staff and board member of...

Civic Innovations in Public Budgeting: Oakland’s Equity Approach and Leon County’s Simulation Game 

August 27, 2024

It’s rare to hear about civic and democratic innovation in public budgeting. Often, the way in which regular capital and operational investment planning occurs tends to limit discussion to particular...

Democracy Reform is on the Ballot

July 31, 2024

Voters in several states will see reform measures on this November’s ballot, including making voting more accessible, opening up primaries, expanding ranked-choice voting, and combinations of several reforms. At the...

A Tale of Two Charters

July 29, 2024

The League is working with two cities on charter revision processes, Brookings, SD, and Mt. Vernon, NY. While both charters are quite different, the cities have a common interest in...

Reflections on the Cities Fortifying Democracy Forum

July 29, 2024

The National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation participated in the German Marshal Fund Cities Fortifying Democracy Forum from June 16-18 in Barcelona, Spain. The forum brought together experts from...

Representative Pelosi Kicks Off Parliamentary Exchange

May 27, 2024

Last month, the National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation and the Institute for Democratic Engagement & Accountability (IDEA) at the Ohio State University co-hosted the second annual Global Innovations...

Financing Local Wellbeing   

May 27, 2024

Inequality has risen across advanced industrial democracies over several decades due to economic downturns, decreasing real wages, the restructuring of government services and finances, the rise of financial services combined...

Leveraging National Expertise for Local Impact

May 27, 2024

The expertise of the League staff and senior fellows allows us to deliver the right civic assistance in the right way for communities. We would welcome the opportunity to speak...

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