Community and economic development practitioners and community members gathered at a Thrive Rural Open Field session to share tips, techniques, and resources to help build rural and Native nations’ capacity. One of the questions participants engaged with during the Open Field session focused on how the government, at all levels, could better foster rural capacity.

CSG recently helped author and signed on to a letter with other RRAN members in support of EDA reauthorization.

The Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021 would add $10 billion per year for five years to USDA Rural Development’s budget. How should we evaluate this proposal?

For more towns and communities across America to share in the benefits of recovery and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the modern economy to thrive, we must revamp federal rural policy.

Much has been said about the influence that rural voters and rural states on the outcome of national elections. Some have proposed elimination of the Electoral College as a solution to this perceived problem. We question the wisdom and potential efficacy of this proposed quick fix for what ails us.

A wide-ranging exploration of the entirely different political landscape, which includes new leadership in the White House, a change of control in Congress, and a rebalanced Supreme Court.

As education leaders we must work across lines of race, political party, and every other divide to position public education as a bulwark of democracy and an engine of equity.

At the Inclusive America Project, we call upon ourselves, our neighbors, and our leadership, to always choose the ideals of democratic rule,

A wide-ranging discussion about how to improve American democracy by reforming institutions and processes that have been called into question due to recent events, including the Electoral College, the US Supreme Court, and voting methods.