Frank-Thomas Tindejuv·Oct 29The Mayor Who Made Silicon Valley Take an AuditionHow a 22-year-old in a Norwegian fjord used radical transparency to out-govern Big Tech.
Anurag Shukla·May 20Counting the VillagePAI strengthens Panchayats by bringing visibility, data, and accountability to local governance. The real opportunity lies in using these…
Valerie Abl·Dec 15, 2025Local Democracy Re-imagined: Why Sussex Needs a Living Community ApproachIntroductionA response icon2A response icon2
InILLUMINATIONbyEdward Vale·Jul 17, 2025Top-Down Power, Bottom-Up Pain: How Central Control is Killing Local Communities — and Threatening…When I was a child growing up in rural Surrey, I could never imagine why anyone wouldn’t want to preserve the wondrous landscapes of…
InTHE PUBLIC MAGAZINEbyKatie Tandy·Nov 14, 2023If You Care About Abortion Justice, You Need To Care About Free And Fair ElectionsIf local government can’t protect voter access, democracy crumbles and so do our bodily rights
Lydia Kou·Sep 8, 2023The Absurdity of Sacramento’s Housing Takeover Is Coming Home to Roost On the PeninsulaOver the past several years Sacramento politicians have written a “blank check” to big developers — taking away the power of local…
Fergus Arkley·Jun 14, 2023Buzzing after a parish council meeting (6 words I wouldn’t have thought I would have put together)It’s taken me a week to find the time to reflect back to my second full council meeting, and still makes me smile to think of my elation…
Fergus Arkley·Jun 7, 2023If you want to go fast go independent — if you want to go further cooperateOver the next 6 weeks, I want to focus on sharing my experience of becoming a new local Councillor, and hopefully developing a habit that…A response icon1A response icon1
InTHE PUBLIC MAGAZINEbyKatie Tandy·May 1, 2023Bethel, Alaska Joins Mifepristone Case, Making History & Preparing to FightAlaska’s Attorney General is taking aim at abortion, making it clear reproductive rights are no longer a given.
InTHE PUBLIC MAGAZINEbyKatie Tandy·Apr 19, 2023Revolutionizing The Fight For Rights: 2022 Impact ReportWe protected 23 million people’s civil rights this year — and that’s just the beginning. Learn how we did it in our audio-first report!
