Americans pay two to three times more for prescription drugs than people in peer countries — not because they use more drugs or get better ones, but because of how the pricing system is structured. This hub documents how that system works, who bears the consequences, and what reform approaches are currently being debated. The … Read more
America’s media system — the infrastructure through which communities learn what their local institutions are doing, what public officials have promised, and what is actually happening in their neighborhoods — has been deteriorating for two decades. The collapse of local journalism, the concentration of platform power, and the hollowing out of public media have created … Read more
The America’s Plan forum is where the platform’s actual work happens — deliberation, proposal development, and the structured discussion that turns lived experience into actionable plans. This page explains what the forum is for, how it is organized, and what to do when you first arrive.
America’s Plan launched in early 2026. This article explains why it is structured the way it is, what it is trying to become, and what kind of work it will take to get there. It is written for people who are considering getting involved.
Civic organizing in the United States has produced a remarkable range of organizational models over the past fifteen years — from Reddit-born protest networks to decades-long constitutional amendment campaigns. This article surveys eighteen significant organizations across the political spectrum, describing each one’s structure and strategy and drawing out what its experience reveals about how civic infrastructure is built, sustained, and lost.
America’s Plan organizes civic work around specific issues. The Issue Pipeline describes how that process works. But this project is new and there is little real progress at the moment. These hubs are blocked out with information and are waiting for interested parties to take charge. Healthcare and the Profit System: These nine hubs are grouped together … Read more
This article describes the standard architecture for an issue hub page — what sections it contains, what belongs in each, and what distinguishes a publishable hub from a placeholder that should stay unpublished. It is a practical template for anyone building a hub on America’s Plan.
America’s Plan is not a news site, a blog, or an advocacy organization. If you’ve just arrived and aren’t sure what you’re looking at, this page explains the site’s structure, the types of content on it, and where to start depending on what brought you here.
The Issue Pipeline page explains what each stage is. This article shows what the pipeline actually looks like running — the specific moves, outputs, friction points, and transitions across all four stages, using the Media Reform hub’s focus on local government coverage gaps as the example. The example is illustrative; the Media Reform hub has not yet completed all four stages.
Most civic projects measure the wrong things — attention, signatures, media coverage — and call it progress. This article explains what America’s Plan is actually trying to produce, how that gets measured at different timescales, and what cannot honestly be claimed yet.