Civics News and Blog Posts

Educators are experiencing the direct impact of polarization in their classrooms, including receiving memos prohibiting the discussion of political topics with both students and staff.

Here are the thoughts of key national leaders speaking to the importance of the Building Civic Bridges Act as part of the solution to threats impacting national security, business and the economy, education and academia, faith and family, interpersonal relationships, and the institution of democracy itself.

AllSides engages students in civic learning through experience. Students can use the AllSides app, balanced news feed, media bias chart, and newsletter to cultivate an understanding that all media is biased — and that’s okay.

The Senate is getting a second chance to pass a civic education bill that failed to make the grade two years ago. On Wednesday, a bipartisan group reintroduced the Civics Secures Democracy Act, with the hope of sparking a Senate-wide vote to improve American students’ understanding of civics and history.

In the United States today, politics seems to be less about governing and more about finding the best way to demean the other side. The result: a partisan divide and an epidemic of affective polari...