Reports & Resources
Divisiveness and Collaboration in American Public Life: A Hidden Common Ground Report
This inaugural Public Agenda/USA Today/Ipsos Hidden Common Ground survey examines how Americans view divisiveness and partisan divides in public life and offers a number of solutions to build a more...
Sounder Public Judgment Working Paper Series
Sounder Public Judgment Working Paper Series Helping the public come to terms with tough issues in today’s digital and divisive world In this time of endemic mistrust, fake news, extreme...
Strengthening Democracy: What Do Americans Think?
Nearly every day, Americans are confronted with evidence that our politics are broken and our democracy is not working as it should. So what do Americans think we should do...
Rewiring Democracy: Subconscious Technologies, Conscious Engagement, and the Future of Politics
Too often, the people working to strengthen democracy have been caught flat-footed by the pace of new trends and innovations. All kinds of changes, many of them driven by technology,...
Strengthening and Sustaining Public Engagement: A Planning Guide for Communities
On all kinds of issues, people want more choices, more information and more of a say. Whether the topic is how schools should work or what should be in the...
Infogagement: Citizenship and Democracy in the Age of Connection
The re-released paper and its contributors discuss a range of approaches to reforming our public square. By Matt Leighninger Full paper published at www.medium.com/infogagement In 2014, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement...
Where Americans See Eye to Eye on Health Care
About the Hidden Common Ground Initiative It’s taken decades for our national politics to become as ideologically polarized and gridlocked as they are today, but it’s only recently that pundits...
Participatory Budgeting: Could It Diminish Health Disparities in the United States?
Participatory Budgeting (PB) – a democratic process where residents decide directly how to spend a portion of a public budget – is increasingly being implemented in U.S. municipalities. This commentary...
