A Starting Point is a video-based civic engagement platform created by Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, and technology entrepreneur Joe Kiani. ASP’s mission is to create a bipartisan channel of communication […]
Did you know that the first women to vote under equal suffrage laws were in Utah? And that they were the only women whose voting rights were revoked by Congress? […]
"Whether you realize it or not as an athlete, you have a great impact and influence amongst peers and young people and others and this is a time to use […]
Calling all athletes and athletes-in-training. You’re stronger than you think! How about flexing your civic muscles by mapping out the access to power that you have? Citizen University has outlined […]
When the Declaration of Independence was written, not everyone was included in the famous statement about “pursuit of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” And while the aspirations expressed […]
Have you ever wanted to track the progress of a piece of legislation the same way you track a pizza delivery? Well you can! Congress.gov is the official website for […]
With and without the vote and throughout American history, young people have been a force to be reckoned with as they take action and stand in support of the issues […]
Each Revolutionary Story Time provides you with a story, a little history, some activities and a lot of fun! Our latest edition features "D Is for Democracy: A Citizen’s Alphabet" […]
How might citizens help shape the future of Congressional representation and combat Gerrymandering? The founders included “The People” in the redistricting process for a reason. Communities of Interest are one […]
The History Film Forum is an online series from the Smithsonian that explores history on the screen and the evolution of film as public history. Three months before the 2019 […]
The History Center examines the bold experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” in its dynamic online exhibition, American Democracy: A Great […]
A resource developed in partnership with the Library of Congress, from the earliest days of our nation’s history, there were those who were opposed to the practice of slavery and […]