Congress Should Improve Oversight Capacity And Reduce Its Reliance On Lobbyists
Inadequate staffing and high turnover in congressional offices makes lobbyists too powerful.
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First Book by Hollie Russon Gilman Renews Debate on Civic Engagement
Democracy Reinvented is a comprehensive look at participatory budgeting in the context of U.S. policy.
Democracy and Its (Very Many) Critics
Hollie Russon-Gilman argues that the narrative of our broken democracy doesn’t tell the story of the citizens who are trying to fix it.
Every Community is Resilient
Learning from how communities share information every day to plan for community-based emergency communications.
OTI and EveryoneOn Release Adoption Metrics Rubric and Instruments
OTI has examined the factors that influence participants’ choices to engage (or not engage) with Internet service offers.
Can Unlimited Contributions to Parties Really Reduce Polarization?
Ideological polarization has prevented American politics from functioning properly, but is strengthening political parties a solution?
New America’s Resilient Mesh Wireless Project Wins RISE : NYC Competition
New America will identify and deploy creative new technologies to promote recovery from Superstorm Sandy and future storms.