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Partisanship and gridlock are holding our nation back.
Americans want their leaders to come together around common-sense policies to tackle our hardest problems. The path forward is clear: Increase civic engagement. Improve the quality of political discourse. Support leaders who work together to forge common sense solutions to our hardest problems. If enough Americans come together to reclaim our politics, America will get moving again. Common Ground Solutions was created to help us begin.
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Revitalizing Democracy: Our Common Purpose
A landmark report finds that civic life in America is dangerously polarized, and offers fresh ideas for revitalizing our democracy. August 30, 2020 Low trust in institutions….
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Quiz: Consensus in America – Part 2
An August 2020 report we unveiled with our partners at Voice of the People detailed nearly 150 policy positions on which Republicans and Democrats agree. Do you know…
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Quiz: Police Reform
Our partners at the Program for Public Consultation ran a policymaking simulation based on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which recently passed the House of…
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Citizen Panels Go Online
We held our very first online Citizen Panel event last weekend in Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District. Covid-19 certainly hasn’t stopped citizens from making their voices heard. August…
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Reclaiming Our Politics with a New Kind of Civic Discourse
January 13, 2021 – Legalocities podcast featuring Voice of the People Founder and President Steve Kull discussing how VOP and Common Ground Solutions are changing civil discourse…
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Opinion: How Bucks County Found Common Ground on Police Reform
August 22, 2020 – By CGS Executive Director, Jillian Youngblood. From listening to the pundits, you would think that half of America wants to completely defund the police…
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Bucks Residents Show Bipartisan Support For Police Reforms, Including Chokehold Ban
August 15, 2020 – A survey of hundreds of Bucks County residents has found bipartisan support for a list of police reform proposals.
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Community Leaders, Editorial Board to Talk Police Reform in Bucks County
August 15, 2020 – Area leaders of minority communities will join the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer on Saturday to talk police reform in Bucks County…