Civic Engagement Capsule Series: Introduction
Hollie Russon-Gilman wrote an introduction for the civic engagement blog.
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Imagining a New Democracy with Participatory Budgeting
Maria Hadden wrote for the civic engagement blog about her work on participatory budgeting in the city of Chicago.
Volunteering as Civic Engagement At Home and Abroad
Innovation Can Fuel Inequality. But Can It Also Solve It?
New York City shows that, by tethering investment and innovation, cities can disperse opportunity and bring marginalized voices into policy.
Rethinking the Word Gap
A new study finds word gap acceptance among teachers has consequences for low-income Latinx students.
Portable Network Kits: DIY WiFi for Response, Recovery, and Resilience
Portable Network Kits provide easy to assemble WiFi hotspots for times of disaster—a simpler alternative to building mesh networks.
What’s Happening on Germany’s Far Right?
In the wake of Germany's elections, it appears that Angela Merkel has created a vacuum on the right—one an extremist party is keen to fill.
Keeping the Internet Free and Open: SESTA Will Gut Protection for the Web as We Know It
Amending Section 230 of the CDA will have a profound and negative impact on free speech and information access in the digital world.
DACAmented Teacher on DACA: ‘The Fight Continues’
President Trump has called to rescind DACA, forcing Congress to decide the fate of 800,000 young people, including DACAmented teachers.
Resilient Communities Director Greta Byrum Completes Harvard Loeb Fellowship
The Time for Engaging Citizens in Democracy Is Now
Participatory budgeting represents an authentic way of making a government literally of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum talks about how authoritarians take power, the threat of social media, and the first six months of Trump's presidency.
George Packer
Yascha Mounk talks to George Packer about why none of the dominant narratives of American identity can bind us together.