CrowdJustice was founded on the idea that the rich shouldn’t be the only ones with access to the legal system. The crowdfunding platform launched in the United States yesterday with a campaign to raise funds for two Yemeni brothers caught in the crosshairs of President Trump’s executive order on immigration....
The Commission on Presidential Debates identified numerous ways to engage the public this election cycle. Will the last presidential debate finally include a question up-voted by the people?
In France’s first debate using social media to include questions from the public, the questions were smart and on-point, and viewership soared.
Change.org, an open petition platform, overhauls its previous revenue model to make room for new crowdfunding tools.
Want to engage candidates in substantive dialogue about issues that matter most to voters? For starters, try asking the voters what they want to know.
A U.S. Senate debate next week will be the first debate of 2016 to feature questions submitted entirely by the public. Will it influence the format of presidential debates?
The money was supposed to buy bicycles for ten girls attending public school in Mahottari, Nepal. The head of the village government allocated 150,000 rupees—about $1,400—for the project, which he said would encourage girls from the marginalized Dalit (so-called “untouchable”) community to attend school. An auditor signed the paperwork and...
About six years ago, Shane Davis quit his job as a biologist to spend all of his time aggregating and analyzing data about oil and gas. Davis says he gives citizens the tools “to fight off” the oil and gas industry. With information he provides, Davis says communities can go...
MafiaMaps is an app to crowdmap the mafia phenomenon all over Italy.