Civic Areas
Explore civic actions organized by policy area and focus
Animals, Natural Resources & Environment
The protection and management of animals, air, water, land, wildlife, habitats, parks, forests, public lands, and other natural resources.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
The fundamental rights, freedoms, equal treatment, privacy, personal autonomy, and dignity of every person.
Democracy & Elections/Voting
The institutions, rules, and processes that shape elections, voting access, political representation, and the functioning of democracy.
Education
The policies and institutions affecting public schools, higher education, libraries, curriculum, educators, students, and educational access.
Government Transparency & Accountability
Actions seeking to ensure the transparency, integrity, oversight, and responsible use of authority and public resources expected of government institutions and officials.
Housing, Health & Social Services
The systems and policies affecting physical and mental health, healthcare access, disability, food security, housing instability, child care/ welfare, aging, and addiction.
Financial & Economic System
Economic inequality, Wall Street accountability, consumer protection, financial system reform, economic justice.
Media & Free Expression
The policies and conditions affecting workers, workplaces, labor rights, consumers, small businesses, economic development, and economic opportunity.
Police & Criminal Justice
The institutions, policies, and practices related to policing, prosecution, criminal courts, corrections, juvenile justice, and community safety.
Technology & Innovation
Civic action seeking to shape how emerging technologies and other innovations are developed, governed and used in the public interest.
Public Finance
Civic action concerning taxes, government revenue, public spending, budgets, borrowing and debt.