Whatever else it meant, the storming of the Capitol on January 6th showed that something is deeply wrong with American democracy. How do we fix it? In answering that question,…
In the wake of the November election, it'd be all too easy to get cynical about American democracy. Nearly half the electorate seems to doubt the results of the presidential…
EnCiv's effort to make Undebates available to voters as "Candidate Conversations" on ballotpedia.org yielded a critical result: it showed that the tool can work at scale. More than 100,000 visitors…
Today's edition of The Fulcrum, an online news service dedicated to "a better democracy," featured this lead we think will be of interest to those follow EnCiv's work: "Four weeks…
Unraveling the causes of political polarization in America is no easy task. But some of them are well documented, among them: the increased role of money in politics following the…
A growing Wisconsin citizens-based group called LeaderEthics devoted to ethical leadership has endorsed one of EnCiv's early partners, AllSides, as a source of balanced news. (The endorsement can be found…
A new paper published by Public Agenda quotes both of EnCiv's founders, Will Ferguson and Adolf Gundersen, on the importance of non-profit alternatives to commercial social media. Public Agenda is…
We've examined political polarization from numerous angles in this space. (To find related entries, just click on the search icon in the upper right hand corner of the "Latest Articles"…
Past Federal Elections Commission Chair and current Commissioner Ellen Weintraub has publicly denounced "micro-targeting", the use of social media to craft highly specialized messages for niche audiences. A Yahoo Finance…
A recent white paper published by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation is calling on the private sector to put its shoulder behind civics education and engagement. The paper, entitled…
A new article by EnCiv founder and COO Adolf Gundersen takes a deeper dive into the the Chicago election discussion project we partnered on during the summer and fall of…
It's hard not to be a fan of the "BadAss Grandmas"--the band of retired women largely responsible for North Dakota's recent constitutional referendum embodying multiple pro-democracy reforms. They conquered long…
Yesterday we let you know about The Fulcrum, a new online resource for those interested in the fate of American democracy. As a follow up, here's today's lead story…
Civic tech and dialogue practitioners are taking notice of a new online news service called The Fulcrum, which describes itself as "focused exclusively on efforts to reverse the dysfunctions plaguing…
Leslie Graves, President and CEO of Ballotpedia--a founding member of EnCiv--devotes her July 2019 letter to the "state of the media". The letter begins by quickly recapping Ballotpedia's history: "When…