Summary

About

US onAir Overview

This US onAir Hub brings together in one hub the key posts from the 50 state onAir hubs including:

• Posts on the 50 state onAir hubs that aggregate summaries of their governors, senators, and House members with links to their profile posts. You can also access and view profiles of representatives by party, region, or by state;
• Posts on important challenges facing the US under the “Issues” menu;
• Posts on the US and each state’s legislative, judicial, and executive branches as well as a general post about each state under the “Government” menu.

Every post also has a discussion section where you can ask the post’s curators questions, make suggestions, and participate in forums and Reddit communities.

• Each state onAir Hub supports their residents to become more informed about and engaged in local, state, and federal politics while facilitating more civil and positive discussions with their representatives, candidates, and fellow citizens.
• Each state onAir Hub will be forming onAir chapters in their colleges and universities to help curate Hub content.  As more students participate and more onAir chapters are started, we will expand to include more state and local content as well as increase the number of aircasts – student-led, livestreamed, online discussions with candidates, representatives, and the public.

Find out more about Who Represents Me in each state onAir Hub under the representatives category.

All hub content  in onAir hubs is free to the public. Hub ontent is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license which permits content sharing and adaptation by nonprofit organizations as long as proper attribution is given to its author(s) and is used for non-commercial purposes. Content and moderation guidelines reinforce our commitment to fact-based, comprehensive content and civil and honest discourse.

To participate in aircast and post discussions, email usdemocracy@onair.cc and include your first name last name, and zipcode. Your real name and any other profile information will not be displayed unless you choose to do so. Your personal information is not shared with any other website or organization.

Hub membership will enable you to:

• Participate in issue and interview aircasts (student-led livestreamed discussions);
• Interact directly with post authors and curators giving them feedback, content suggestions, and asking questions;
• Ask questions, make suggestions, and give endorsement to representatives

Federal Government

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government)[a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district and national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

The U.S. federal government, sometimes simply referred to as “Washington”, is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the president, and the federal courts, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Congress, including the creation of executive departments and courts subordinate to the U.S. Supreme Court.

White House & Agencies

Summary here

Congress

Summary here

More Information

Key Sources

In addition to politician campaign and government web sites and wikipedia entries, our curators also integrate content into posts content from a variety of sources such as Congress.Gov, US.Gov, Open Secrets, Vote Smart, Ballotpedia, Vote 411, and Vote Smart.

Creative Commons sources include:

The Conversation, States Newsroom online papers,

Open Media sources include: 

YouTube videos, CNN.com, Associated Press, Reuters, PBS NewsHour

Judicial

Wikipedia

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