Rural-Urban Connections Strategy and Center of the American West find ways we can all live, even work together, at least sometimes with a smile...

The denizens of one of America's hottest cities band together to make life in the land of the sun more bearable, modeling an innovative all-in approach that could become a standard nationwide...

The Participatory Budgeting Project engages more than 300,000 citizens in 22 cities deciding how to spend more than $230M in public monies on hundreds of community projects across the U.S...

America's smallest pro football team is also its most successful, and there's a reason for this that could turn what are typically municipalities' worst investments into some of their best, argues Vox Media's Henry Druschel...

One of our smallest nations has one of the biggest footprints/capita in cyberspace. Take a whirlwind tour of the country that may be providing a preview of the future of governments planet-wide...

Community Votes is demonstrating how non-profits who deliver services directly to the underserved can dramatically increase their participation in the electoral process...

For years the Points of Light Foundation has been highlighting major corporations that are doing the right things by our communities. Check out this year's honorees and past winners for inspiration...

While we've been centralizing power more and more, Britain has been taking a page from our original book of federalism through its City Deals program, much to the delight of legendary burgs like Aberdeen...

A quiet new housing development fifteen miles north of Fort Myers, Florida could mark the future of suburban living and community, finding the sweet spot between Flintstone and Jetson life...

VoteWithMe lets you see which of your friends have voted in past elections and their party affiliations, if any. It also IDs which of your friends live in competitive districts and provides battle-tested text messages you can send them to nudge them to the polls....