Introducing Sage Shadoan, organizing and data specialist
The Alabama native supports Civic Nebraska’s voting rights work, from nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts to legislative advocacy, in alignment, effectiveness, and impact.
Ending friendships over politics … and losing ourselves
If every disagreement leads us to step back, the connections that sustain democracy will collapse.
America is staying put. That doesn’t mean we’re stuck.
Investing in local civic infrastructure keeps democratic life pushing forward, even if Americans are not moving right now.
What? So What? Now What?: a ‘citizen-only’ census
If non-citizen Nebraska residents are erased from the count, and therefore from the formulas that determine funding, our state would lose out, year after year.
Holding the center
From Nebraska, you can see America in every direction. That perspective, and the Midwestern sensibility that comes with it, might be exactly what the nation needs right now.
Before the lines get crooked
Nebraska can protect its nonpartisan redistricting legacy, preventing Texas-style gerrymandering chaos before it spreads.
The Multiverse of Meaning: democracy in an age of infinite narratives
What once was an MCU gimmick now feels real: different versions of the same moment, unfolding simultaneously, depending on which dimension you happen to occupy.
A conversation with John Adams
After a visit to Boston, we reached across the centuries to hear what famous New Englander John Adams might have to say about 21st-century America.
On civic resilience
If urgency gets us into the fight, conviction helps us stick with it. Urgency shows up with signs and speeches; conviction shows up again the next day with open ears and steady hands.
‘Driven’: a civic sermon
“I go, then you go. You go, then I go.”