The League is Growing!
April 1, 2026
The National Civic League is joining forces with Local Policy Lab and Spread the Vote to help build the next chapter of American democracy. Together with our existing programs, Civic...
Tag: Democracy
New Pro-Democracy Narrative Playbook Initiative
November 26, 2025
A major new national effort to strengthen democracy through shared, evidence-based narrative strategies will launch on December 8. Led by Metropolitan Group in partnership with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement...
An Experiment in Democracy: Rethinking the Congressional Town Hall
September 29, 2025
Last week, residents of New York’s 25th congressional district joined their congressman, Rep. Joe Morelle, for an experiment in democracy. (Thanks to WXXI, Rochester, NY’s NPR station for its coverage!) ...
Democratic Innovation Beyond the Norm: Thinking Economically
January 29, 2025
There are at least four widely recognized reasons for adopting more inclusive democratic practices: representation, legitimacy and decision quality, civic trust, and accountability with transparency. Engaging diverse citizen perspectives, including...
The League’s Commitment to Strengthening Democracy and Local Governance
November 8, 2024
The results of this year’s elections remind us that we are a diverse nation, made up of not just red and blue states, but also blue and red dots within...
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...
Democracy and Local Innovation
April 28, 2024
One of our founders, Chief Justice Louis Brandeis, called states “laboratories of democracy.” While much is happening at the state level to either advance or restrain democracy, cities in many...
News Media Restructuring: New Inequities and Democracy’s Impact
March 29, 2024
Are there upsides to the reshaping of American news media? My normally-rose-colored glasses brightened at the benefits listed in a recent NY Times article: a wider variety of quality news...
The Urban Libraries Council’s Declaration of Democracy
December 29, 2022
At the Urban Libraries Council’s 2022 Annual Forum: Creating a Place for Democracy in Washington, DC this November, ULC unveiled the Declaration of Democracy. This Declaration is a commitment from...
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