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Democracy Archives


  • Democracy, Movements, Poland, World

    Pawel Adamowicz: Rest in Peace

    Dear Personal Democracy Forum and Civic Hall community:Some of you may have heard that Pawel Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, was brutally stabbed to death two days ago while on stage during a popular charity fundraising event. Ironically the event was focused on raising money for medical equipment for local hospitals and...

    By: Andrew Rasiej Jan 15, 2019
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  • Civic Engagement, Democracy, GovTech, New York, Participatory Democracy

    Missing: A Digital Playbook for Local Elected Officials

    In just the last two weeks, newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has gained half a million new Twitter followers, zooming from 1.6M to 2.1M. On Instagram, another platform where she excels at sharing interesting glimpses of her life as an activist-turned-newly-successful-politician, Ocasio-Cortez now has 1.6M followers, putting her in...

    By: Micah L. Sifry Jan 7, 2019
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  • Democracy

    A Coalition to Advance Democracy in the Digital Age

    Around the world, defenders of democracy are working to understand and respond to the ways that technology is impacting political and electoral processes.

    By: Kip Wainscott Oct 24, 2018
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  • Democracy, Participatory Democracy, Petitions, Taiwan, Transparency

    What vTaiwan Teaches Us About Digital Democracy

    Last week, I spent a good part of Monday and Tuesday at a training workshop on the vTaiwan public engagement process and Taiwan’s Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS), the innovation lab inside the central Taiwanese government. It was organized by the New York City node of the g0v (pronounced “gov...

    By: Micah L. Sifry Jun 19, 2018
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  • Civic Engagement, Democracy, Participatory Democracy

    Testing Tech for Consensus in a Purple Town

    How a radical experiment in participatory democracy came to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

    By: Jessica McKenzie Mar 30, 2018
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  • Culture Hacking, Democracy, Media

    Learning the Politics of “Digital Dissensus”

    From the Golden Globes stage in December, at the height of the #MeToo moment, Oprah Winfrey delivered a speech that sounded downright presidential: “A new day is on the horizon,” she said. Soon after, #Oprah2020 began trending on social media platforms. Wearing black, watching the #GoldenGlobes, listening to President Oprah...

    By: An Xiao Mina Feb 5, 2018
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  • Civic Tech, Democracy, Politics

    When it Comes to Fixing Politics, Tech Needs a Reality-Check

    A few months after the 2016 election, in a sterile conference facility in San Francisco, two prominent CEOs squared off presenting opposing visions of how technology could heal what ails Democrats. The first speaker envisioned a world where technology would radically scale the number of people who engage in politics....

    By: Cheryl Contee, Josh Hendler, and Julie Menter Nov 17, 2017
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  • #PDF17, Democracy

    Breaking Bread and Bridging Differences

    Three projects tackle partisanship and attempt to reclaim civility in a divided America

    By: Angel Quicksey Jul 25, 2017
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  • Civic Tech, Democracy, Elections

    Coding for a World Run by Liquid Democracy, Powered by Blockchains

    What a time to think outside the nation-state, as North Korea taunts “American bastards” with intercontinental ballistic missiles; as the Trump administration escalates immigration arrests to an unprecedented rate; as migrants and refugees pour into Central and Eastern Europe; as the United Kingdom trudges towards Brexit. It is a time...

    By: Jessica McKenzie Jul 6, 2017
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  • #PDF17, Democracy

    To Beat Trump, Dems Must Become “Peer Progressives”

    Progressives are turning to peer networks to organize the resistance against Trump. But how prepared is the Democratic Party to be transformed into a “peer progressive” political party?

    By: Aaron Wytze Wilson Jul 5, 2017
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