Daniel Yankelovich, chairman and co-founder of Public Agenda, has a new book out that chronicles important issues in contemporary culture and offers an insightful road map to better understanding how to fix our "most wicked" problems.
Continue readingFixed Fortunes: No surprise that big insurers are defending Obamacare
With billions at stake, a bevy of big insurance companies are throwing their weight behind Obamacare — 15 of which are among the Fixed Fortunes 200, the most politically active corporations in the country.
Continue readingElections: The final frontier of open data?
It's 2015 and elections data still doesn't conform to the standards of open data. In a new series, we'll examine what's available, where it comes from and what's next.
Continue readingNet neutrality represents an important win for democracy
Today, over one year after the D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the FCC's rules — and after one of the most ferocious advocacy battles in American history — the FCC has formally sided in favor of a neutral Internet.
Continue readingSenate launches bipartisan Whistleblower Protection Caucus
A bipartisan group of Senators came together yesterday to launch the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, a positive step to protect individuals who often put their careers on the line to expose instances of fraud and abuse within government.
Continue readingThere’s more to criminal justice data than you think: Delve into it with Sunlight’s new inventory
The nation's criminal justice data is, in many cases, unreliable and incomplete. At Sunlight, we're working to make access to the data that does exist better.
Continue readingCongrats to Chicago for endorsing public financing ballot question
Yesterday, an overwhelming majority of Chicago residents affirmed the role of public financing in their elections. A ballot measure by Common Cause Illinois promoting small-donor public financing in Chicago passed by 79 percent to 21 percent.
Continue readingWe’re still looking for open data social impact stories!
We turned our crowdsourced spreadsheet of open data success stories into a living document, asking everyone to keep adding your projects to the repository!
Continue readingHow to quickly set up Travis CI for your Ruby application
If you want your Travis build to go faster and you use [`bundler`](http://bundler.io/) in your Ruby project, try adding this to your .travis.yml.
Continue readingAnother Mandel aide runs Ohio-based dark money group
Dexter F. Vaughan, a 27-year-old former staffer for Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel, led a political nonprofit that spent $1 million attacking gubernatorial candidates in Rhode Island and Illinois.
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