Ballotpedia, one of EnCiv's founding members, offers users an enormously useful and increasingly popular set of election resources on its website. Of these resources, my favorite is without a doubt…
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)--which describes itself as "a community of funders that invest in the sustaining elements of democracy and civic life in the United States" --has launched…
Eric Liu, founder and CEO of the Citizen University, has a new TED Talk in which he calls for a "civic religion", which he describes as "a framework of belief…
There used to be a time, not so very long ago, when "the facts" referred to something confirmed, certain, clear, something in which we could have shared confidence--and therefor agree…
A new chapter-based Wisconsin group, LeaderEthics, is sparking enthusiasm with its call for ethical leadership in politics. According to the group, ethical leaders are: honest and truthful transparent with public…
This announcement from the National Issues Forum is likely to be of interest to our readers: On May 9, 2019, the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) will host A Public Voice…
Endorsements are coming in for candidates for mayor and alder in the Chicago municipal election, now just 12 days away. For a roundup of the endorsements, including those from the…
EnCiv founding member Ballotpedia will be hosting a webinar on the important and increasingly intriguing Chicago municipal election. The webinar is slated for February 22, four days before the election…
The vision behind EnCiv is that member organizations will contribute to a functioning online platform that is more than the sum of its parts. Photo by Globalism Pictures Even before…
The latest issue of EnCiv founding member Ballotpedia's e-newsletter on the February 26 Chicago municipal election, "The Deep Dish," is available for viewing. Photo by Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar Here's…
In a fascinating blog posted in Politico Magazine just before the recent midterms, two Georgetown University academics review new findings in neuroscience that suggest that being a liberal or conservative may…
The Kettering Foundation, long known for its work in the field of deliberation, has issued an invitation to participate in a new national conversation on around the theme of "A…
Analyzing today's partisan divide has become a sort of cottage industry among scholars. And that's a good thing, since the more insight we have into the problem, the sooner we'll…
A useful exchange of differences, not to mention a productive search for common ground, depends upon understanding "where the other side is coming from." Recent research published in The Journal of…
The latest edition of Ballotpedia's The Deep Dish e-newsletter included this entry, the first in a series of featured candidate responses to the questions generated in the Chicago municipal election…