• When No One Notices the President


    Throughout the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden frequently described himself as a “transitional president”. Part of the reasoning for his use of this language was to reassure younger voters that they should not see him as an obstacle to their generational goals. But Biden was also attempting to not only differentiate himself from Donald Trump ideologically…

  • Call to Action: The Building Civic Bridges Act (H.R. 6843/S. 4530)


    The Building Civic Bridges Act is expected to be reintroduced in September of this year. This bill, which has broad bipartisan support, would authorize $25 million per year to formalize efforts with regard to civic bridge building. It will establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within AmeriCorps to research civic bridge building and social cohesion,…

  • National Council on Election Integrity Calls on Congress to Address Threat of Generative AI and Prioritize Election Security


    As concerns grow over the threat that generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses to U.S. national security, Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity released the following statement urging Congress to pass commonsense safeguards to protect our elections and provide adequate funding to the dedicated officials who administer them: “Generative AI poses a direct threat…

  • Civic Journalism: New and Improved Local News


    Sadly, hundreds of newspapers and other local news sources have closed in the past couple of decades. The good news is that many communities are seeing the emergence of new sources of local news, and many of these new sources are focusing on the positive, not following the long-held news criteria of “if it bleeds,…

  • Principios clave y mejores prácticas


    Participar en conversaciones a través de la división abre puertas para encontrar puntos en común y mueve a nuestro país hacia una unión más perfecta. Nuestros programas transmiten varios principios clave y mejores prácticas que son fundamentales para conectarse a través de las diferencias, que incluyen: Empatía en lugar de crítica, Escuchar para Comprender en…

  • Programa Americano de Sentido Común de la Instituto Nacional del Discurso Civil


    El Instituto Nacional para el Discurso Civil (NICD) aprovecha el acuerdo ciudadano sobre políticas a través de un programa de compromiso cívico que mejora significativamente la capacidad del Congreso para representar a los ciudadanos de manera competente. Más de 53,000 personas se han unido al programa CommonSense American (CSA) del NICD, dedicando 90 minutos al…