Today we launch the Digital Democracy Contest -- a free web-based game for high school social studies classes. Students compete in teams to investigate Congress using OpenSecrets.org and OpenCongress.org.
Continue readingColbert, Open Secrets, Open Data, and Visualizations
Two nights ago, in his The Word segment, Steven Colbert actually used his show to do some investigative work into... View Article
Continue readingVote Correlations Back to 1999
Massie Ritsch, communications director for the Center for Responsive Politics, has written a great post about the last time Congress... View Article
Continue readingCheck the Bulletin Board for Lobbyist Info
GOOD Magazine has a knack for taking political stories or data and turning them into to clever images. In this... View Article
Continue readingWashington’s Revolving Door
The American News Project has a nice piece today on the revolving door problem in Congress, using as an example... View Article
Continue readingFinancial Holdings of Spouses
The Center for Responsive Politics has a nice post that digs deeply into that treasure trove known as the Personal... View Article
Continue readingWhat the MSM in Learning About MOC
In Paul’s roundup this morning he mentions several of the reports that came from the release earlier this week of... View Article
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