EnCiv's David Fridley has been working in the field of online democracy for years. He shared an early statement of his vision for an "Online Deliberative Constitutional Representative Democracy" on…
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…
Contact Will Ferguson, CEO at EnCiv Email: willferguson@enciv.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 21, 2020 Greta Van Susteren to Moderate 2020 General Election Virtual Debates on Ballotpedia.org Van Susteren, Ballotpedia,…
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…
LeaderEthics-Wisconsin, a non-profit, non-partisan group formed a couple of years ago, this week announced the release of its second version of their citizens' guide to ethical leadership, intended to "promote…
This fall long time EnCiv partner Interactivity Foundation (IF) launches a pilot of its new Certificate Program in collaborative discussion. The accompanying guide explains the purpose of the program this…
Yes, we Americans are divided and polarized. But there are plenty of examples of folks coming together, talking, and walking away feeling good about the experience. A recent half hour…
Although there are plenty of indicators that Americans are as polarized as at any time since perhaps the Civil War, they still agree on a huge range of actual policy…
I hail from a small city along the Mississippi that’s worked hard to restore its downtown architecture for both cultural and economic reasons. For a time the new mall on…
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…
EnCiv exists to promote democratic discourse. That's why we aspire to be not only non-partisan but cross-partisan, as well. What's the difference? And why are both important to EnCiv's mission?…