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Summer 2020: Volume 109, Number 2

National Civic Review

Promoting civic engagement and effective local governance for over 100 years

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An Urban Reality Check: Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Joel Mills

When Journalists Ride the Bus: Covering issues as shared public problems

Maura Casey

When news organizations help people connect to issues and their community, it strengthens democracy and has the potential to create more trust in the media. In return, reporters often get stories rich in nuance, with far different angles than they would have gotten without listening to people first.

Sustainability and Democracy: An Interview with Carmen Sirianni

Albert Dzur

The author and Brandeis University professor discusses his extensive research and writing on civic innovation, sustainability and democratic governance with National Civic Review contributing editor Albert Dzur.

Innovation and Community Involvement to Advance Solar Energy

Doug Linkhart

Cities and nonprofit groups are finding innovative approaches to increase the use of solar energy, often working with utilities to encourage community members to install solar. They have also worked to make it easier to use solar energy.

Exploring how a clean, healthy environment improves well-being 

Tyler Norris

A healthy environment matters for all of us, but environmental conditions are not experienced in the same way everywhere. For decades, some communities have disproportionately felt the impact of a harmful environment, and that inequity has contributed to lasting legacies of poor health.

What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Aging

Lindsay M. Miller

For communities seeking to be more age-friendly, the Coronavirus pandemic is a grim reminder that older adults are not a monolithic group. They differ in life experiences, cultural backgrounds, health histories, economic circumstances, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Because of this, older adults are affected differently by the virus and will inequitably feel its repercussions.

Urban Resilience: an Ohio City Adapts to a Century of Disasters

Mike McGrath

Dayton, Ohio, has had a history of setbacks and tough challenges, but also of community perseverance and civic innovation.

The Reform Legacy of William Dudley Foulke

The League remembers one of its past presidents and one of the most active (and least remembered) leaders of the Age of Reform. As an attorney, author, translator and Indiana state senator, his advocacy encompassed a broad range of reform issues from women’s suffrage to proportional representation.

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