It’s hard to not have rose-colored glasses when you work at the National Civic League. The stories we see every day of communities solving problems and nonprofits working to protect...
Deliberative processes – including civic assemblies, participatory budgeting, and deliberative forums – have been tried, studied, and refined for well over three decades now. Across that history, a consistent pattern...
Recent research linking the economic dynamics of political, social, and democratic relationships suggests that civic infrastructure should enable social connections. While democracy innovations give diverse people opportunities to participate, they...
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” This quote, attributed to one of the...
We spend enormous energy debating polarization, misinformation, and distrust in government, while ignoring the one democratic institution millions of Americans encounter most directly: the public meeting itself. I was recently...
From award-winning filmmakers Andrew Shea and Melissa Shea, Flag Day is a new documentary portrait of the largest Flag Day parade in the United States and Three Oaks, Michigan, the community that...
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...
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...
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!) ...
