Big Tent Democracy Organizing

At the beginning of the month, a new report released by Civicus placed the US on its civil society watchlist following sustained attacks on civic freedoms. “Civicus pointed to three major issues … [Read more...] about THE VISTA: August 2025

This month we celebrated the Fourth of July with thousands of people expressing their wishes for the future of our country at an art installation at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History … [Read more...] about THE VISTA: July 2025

During the month of June, Pride celebrations continued to unfold, with important new resources on the global struggle over gender rights provided by our friends at the Carnegie Endowment. The … [Read more...] about THE VISTA: June 2025

In the month of May, we reflected on the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and the progress, backlash, and lessons since that summer of reckoning. The first hundred days of the Trump … [Read more...] about THE VISTA: May 2025

April 2025 has been a month when many new voices have been waking up and openly decrying the serious crisis facing U.S. democracy; and, at the same time we see Black Americans explaining why they are … [Read more...] about THE VISTA: April 2025