



An Alternative to Partisan Politics
Partisanship and gridlock are holding our nation back.
Americans want their leaders to come together around common-sense policies to tackle our hardest problems. The path forward is clear: Increase civic engagement. Improve the quality of political discourse. Support leaders who work together to forge common sense solutions to our hardest problems. If enough Americans come together to reclaim our politics, America will get moving again. Common Ground was written to help us begin.
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National Self-Delusion on Gun Violence
By Kathryn Roberts, guest contributor Let’s just say it: when it comes to gun violence, this is who we are. Yet another shooting, this time in a…
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The Active Citizen: How to Read the News
From infotainment to fake news, Americans live in an increasingly complicated, confusing, and sometimes ill-intentioned media world. A recent survey by Pew Research Center sought to determine…
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Good Ideas: A Civilian GI Bill
“The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries… in this manner they found hospitals,…
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Advocating for Fair Redistricting
Creating fair systems for redistricting isn’t a straightforward endeavor, but there are several ways to get involved. First, since each state sets its own rules for redistricting,…