The US onAir National Hub is the central hub for the US onAir Network of  50 state onAir hubs. The nonpartisan nonprofit Democracy onAir will be overseeing the soft launch of the US onAir Network this fall.

The US onAir Network supports US citizens and their democracy by bringing together information, experts, organizations, policy makers, and the public to facilitate greater engagement in federal, state, and local politics and more civil, positive discussions and collaborations on important issues and governance.

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Your Voice matters – onAir! 

Select the play button in the feature image or the link below to view a two minute video about the US onAir network.  For a quick scan of this post’s content, select the tabs. For a page view of this post on computers, click anywhere on the feature image or this post’s title. Go to this post for more information on the network and the onAir platform.

onAir networks has started a People’s Internet onAir hub  at people.onair.cc that seeks to bring together the leaders and organizations behind the DSNP movement to a common place where they could share their knowledge and collaborate as well as promote their content and new topical networks and hubs.

This People’s Internet hub was inspired by Project Liberty‘s various initiatives and “commitment to building a better internet—where the data is ours to manage, the platforms are ours to govern, and the power is ours to reclaim.”

This hub was also catalyzed by the work of the Solid protocol. The onAir knowledge sharing platform is integrating both the Solid  and Frequency (Project Liberty Labs) protocols within its software.

US Curators have started posts on legislation being considered by Congress to address important issues facing the US. These issues fall into 16 categories: 

• Within each category, our curators have identified three of the most pressing issues being addressed by Congress as well as other issues related to the category. The first post in each category is a summary of all the specific posts in the category.
• In each of the issue posts, there is a place for questions and feedback for the post’s curators and an area for ongoing forum discussions on the issue. Select the “Discuss” icon to go to this section. OnAir membership is required to comment. All that is needed to become an onAir member is one’s first and last name, email address, and zip code. OnAir does not share or resell this information.

US Democracy is a representative democracy, meaning that the people choose their government officials. These officials represent the citizens’ ideas and concerns in government. This is different from a direct democracy, where citizens vote directly on every issue.

• There are many issues related to US Democracy that Congress is looking to address with legislation. In the ‘About’ section of this post is an overview of the issues and potential solutions, party positions, and web links. Other sections have information on relevant committees, chairs, & caucuses; departments & agencies; and the judiciary, nonpartisan & partisan organizations, and a wikipedia entry.
• The US Democracy category has related posts and three posts on issues of particular focus: Voting Rights, Money in Politics, and Partisan Polarization..

To participate in ongoing forums, ask the post’s curators questions, and make suggestions, scroll to the ‘Discuss’ section at the bottom of each post or select the “comment” icon.

Johns Hopkins University is Democracy onAir’s most recent Champion of Democracy in the US and globally.  JHU has as many quality educational, research, and service programs helping to support local, state, and federal democracies as any university in the world. These programs will be further enhanced by the new JHU School of Government and Policy that will bring together programs throughout the university to pursue evidence-based solutions to society’s greatest challenges.

Some specifically democracy-enhancing programs include:

• The NSF Agora Institute in the Homewood campus in Baltimore “strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue.”
• Special events like the annual Democracy Day offering students an introduction to the democratic process and the ways they can engage with it and the Democracy and Freedom Festival a series of events aimed at educating citizens about the importance of democracy and its essential role in advancing freedom, justice, and equality for all.

For more information, see the JHU slide show and the experimental Agora Custom Hub.

There are a number of USbillionaires who, in addition to investing in businesses that benefit the public in a variety of ways, also take their civic responsibilities seriously in the form of philanthropic giving as well as supporting greater taxation of their income and wealth.

We have identified a number of civic-minded billionaires in the feature image championing the thrival of all Americans. We have started posts on many of these people.

Top Row from left to right: Frank McCourt, Mike Bloomberg, Steve Case, Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott, and Mark Cuban
Center Row: Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Patrick Collison, Ray Dalio, and Oprah Winfrey
Bottom Row: Pricilla Chan, Mark Benioff, Pierre Omidyar, Eli Broad, Chris Hughes, and Eric Schmidt

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US onAir supports US citizens and democracy by bringing together information, experts, organizations, policy makers, and the public to facilitate greater engagement in federal, state, and local politics and more civil, positive discussions and collaborations to better address important issues and governance.

The US onAir network has a national hub at us.onair.cc. and 50 state hubs e.g. Maryland onAir at md.onair.cc. 

Learn. Discuss. Share. Together!
Your Voice matters – onAir! 

Democracy onAir has the exclusive license to employ the onAir Knowledge Network Platform and its work integrating the The People’s Internet movement that give users the ability to own as well as share their information knowledge.