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VoiceAction
New Yorkers Fight ICE Raids in Their Neighborhoods
A community organizer shares lessons from decades of fighting powerful groups to help New Yorkers respond to ICE raids safely and effectively. The aut...
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VoiceLearning
Congressional Management Foundation Honors Best Congress Members
The Congressional Management Foundation held its 8th annual Democracy Awards ceremony in Washington D.C. on September 18, 2025. The event honored Memb...
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VoiceLearning
Congressional Group Hires New Chief of Staff
The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) announced that Caitie LeClere has joined as their new Chief of Staff. CMF is a nonprofit organization th...
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VoiceLearning
Congress Foundation Adds New Board Members and Leaders
The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) announced new board members and officers for 2024. CMF is a nonprofit that helps Congress work better by...
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VoiceLearning
Research Reports on How Congress Works and Staff Experiences
The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) conducts research to help people understand how Congress works and how to make it better. They survey Me...
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VoiceLearning
Letter to Former Capitol Hill Staff About Strengthening Congress
The Congressional Management Foundation's CEO wrote an open letter to people who used to work on Capitol Hill. She talks about the foundation's missio...
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The Bigger WeLearning
Study: New Nuclear Weapon May Not Help US Defense Much
New America think tank studied a new nuclear weapon called SLCM-N that the US wants to put on submarines. The weapon won't be ready until the 2030s. R...
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VoiceLearning
New Law Could Put Your Privacy at Risk When Using Apps
The App Store Accountability Act is a new law being considered by Congress that would require everyone to prove their age before downloading any app f...
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The Bigger WeLearning
New Research Shows Americans Still Share Common Values
The Nationhood Lab studied what brings Americans together as a country. They found that most Americans still agree on basic values from the Declaratio...
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FamiliesResource
Find Youth Mentoring Programs Across America
This interactive map shows where young people can find mentoring programs across the United States. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre...
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The Bigger WeLearning
Nuclear Weapons Treaty Reaches Historic 50-Country Milestone
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) reached a major victory when 50 countries officially agreed to ban nuclear weapons throug...
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FamiliesLearning
Research Tools for Youth Mentoring Programs
The National Mentoring Resource Center provides research tools to help organizations create better youth mentoring programs. They have a team of exper...
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VoiceLearning
America Faces Threat to Democracy
A research organization warns that American democracy is in serious danger. They say the U.S. now counts as a "backsliding" democracy according to int...
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FamiliesLearning
Federal Agency Gives $956M to Help Kids Through Mentoring Programs
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has given over $956 million to mentoring programs from 2008 to 2019. This federal ag...
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VoiceLearning
Task Force Responds to Privacy Act Reform for Census Protection
A group of experts called the Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force wrote a letter to Congress about updating a 50-year-old privacy law. The Privacy...
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VoiceLearning
Faith-Based Civic Learning Resources for Ethical Government
Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) offers a learning center with resources to help people become better citizens. The site features podcasts a...
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VoiceLearning
First National Public Assembly on AI Risks and Policy
The Center for Networked Democracy and Policy (CNDP) organized the first nationwide public discussion on artificial intelligence in the United States....
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The Bigger WeLearning
Study Shows How Different Groups Voted in 2018 Elections
The Hidden Tribes study looked at how seven different groups of Americans felt about the 2018 midterm elections. The study found that the election res...
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The Bigger WeLearning
Care Lab Works to Bridge Political Divides in Washington
Care Lab is a nonprofit organization that brings together Republican and Democratic leaders in Washington D.C. to have conversations and build underst...
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The Bigger WeLearning
What Are Refugees? Facts About People Seeking Safety
Refugees are people who had to leave their home countries because they were being hurt or threatened because of who they are - their race, religion, o...
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The Bigger WeLearning
Building Bridges Across Political Divides and Communities
The Mediators Foundation is a 40-year-old organization that helps people work together across political differences. Their blog shares stories and str...
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VoiceLearning
Georgia Election Info (Not Houston-Related)
This article covers a 2026 special election in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, which is not related to Houston, Texas. The election was held to...
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VoiceAccountability
Trump's Second Presidential Team and Policies 2025-2026
This detailed guide covers President Donald Trump's second term from 2025-2026. It shows who he picked for his Cabinet team, including people like Mar...
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HealthLearning
McKesson Fights for Safer Health Technology Rules
McKesson is a healthcare company that wants to change how the government regulates health technology. They believe current rules for health IT are out...
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VoiceAccountability
March 2026 Election Results for Georgia and Mississippi
This page shows the results from elections held on March 10, 2026, in Georgia and Mississippi. In Georgia's 14th Congressional District special electi...
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VoiceLearning
Report: Campus Free Speech Under Attack Across America
PEN America released a major report showing that government censorship of free speech on college campuses has reached record levels. More than half of...
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VoiceLearning
Can Congress Stop Trump's War Against Iran?
The ACLU explains that President Trump cannot legally start a war without Congress approval. The Constitution gives only Congress the power to declare...
3/10/2026Read more →
HealthLearning
Citizens Help Shape Global Health Policy on Drug-Resistant Germs
The Center for Nonprofit and Democratic Processes (CNDP) organized special citizen juries in three countries - Malawi, Thailand, and the United States...
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The Bigger WeLearning
Community Rallies for Student Detained by ICE in Massachusetts
Hundreds of people in Milford, Massachusetts came together to demand answers about Marcelo Gomes da Silva, an 18-year-old undocumented student who was...
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VoiceLearning
Experts Warn About Changes to 2030 Census Testing Plans
Census experts are criticizing the Trump Administration's proposed changes to 2030 Census testing, calling them scientifically invalid and wasteful. T...
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