As the weather gets colder, we're looking forward to a holiday season full of catching up on our reading! Here are our picks for recent pieces worth reading in the areas of civic engagement, democracy revitalization and broad-based economic prosperity.

The headlines all point to key questions we're asking ourselves as a nation. What do you think? Share your favorites in the comments!

“Are Civics Courses a Constitutional Right?”

Students are demanding better civics education in high school – great news for several of our 2018 Civvys winners, including iCivics and First Vote NC, who work directly on developing and sharing innovative civics curriculum.

“Automation threatens jobs. Can education create new ones?”

A new PBS series on the future of work examines the impact of automation

“Can lefties and right-wingers find common ground?”

Our friends at AllSides and Living Room Conversations talk to the San Francisco Chronicle about the path forward through dialogue.

"Are you in the American Middle Class?"

Find out with this calculator from the Pew Research Center, based on Census data.