June 1, 2025
The “house that Madison built” is crumbling. Democracy is eroding at the top and cracks are forming in its foundation, in cities, where the “rubber meets the road.” Nationally, democracy...
May 1, 2025
Our political system is broken. Americans don’t trust institutions (or each other) and feel that their voices are not being heard. This has been true for a while, and has...
March 3, 2025
From the desk of Rebecca Trout, Director of the National Civic League’s DC Office and All-America City Award Trust in institutions—ranging from Congress and the criminal justice system to the...