October 23, 2025
Civic health is the foundation of thriving communities, shaping how residents connect, trust institutions, and engage with their surroundings. Strong civic health leads to better physical health, higher employment, and...
February 8, 2022
In the Winter Edition of the National Civic Review, authors provide new insights on local efforts to address some of the most pressing issues of 2022, including innovative approaches to...
August 12, 2021
The Fall Edition of the National Civic Review features 5 policy briefs created by Healing through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice. The new initiative—a collaboration between The National Collaborative for Health Equity, The...
May 12, 2019
Some of the country’s leading doers and thinkers have contributed articles to this invaluable resource for elected officials, public managers, nonprofit leaders, grassroots activists, and public administration scholars seeking to...
January 29, 2019
Albert W. Dzur, a political science professor at Bowling Green State University and a regular contributor to the National Civic Review, has been researching the relationship between professionals, civic engagement...
August 24, 2018
The National Civic League is working with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation to organize “learning exchanges” to explore the ways professional city managers engage with members of the public to...
July 25, 2018
The League’s Racial Equity Program Director featured in American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Publication National Civic League Director of Racial Equity Programs, Carla Kimbrough, recently had her article, “What About...
August 8, 2014
[fusion_text] Defining Good Government in a New Millennium The eighth edition of the Model City Charter strongly endorses the council-manager structure of municipal government that was first proposed in 1915...
August 8, 2014
Making Citizen Democracy Work The National Civic Review, the quarterly journal of the National Civic League, is one of the nation’s oldest civic affairs journals. Founded in 1912, the Review...