Traditional philanthropy has a problem. The top-down, hierarchical power structure often undercuts efforts to make lasting change. In fact, the system itself can mirror the very conditions that ...

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Sacramento is officially launching its participatory budgeting program, which over the next few months will let residents decide how the city will spend $1 million in sales tax revenue. The pilot ...

When the Department of Education failed to fix four rusty, JFK-era sinks in P.S. 282’s kindergarten classrooms, Park Slope voters stepped in. When the Department of Transportation failed to set aside ...

The voting period for the five Brooklyn City Council districts taking part in this year’s Participatory Budgeting cycle is coming to a close this Sunday, April 10. Here are the districts participating ...

When Monica Allison’s son was facing charges and awaiting trial incarcerated on Philadelphia’s State Road, she had no idea what to do. She didn’t know what to expect from the legal process — what the ...

I am a progressive Democrat who fought long and hard for progressive goals in education, environment, health care and the like. I worked for a decade assisting members and committees of Congress, ...

The voting period for the five Brooklyn City Council districts taking part in this year’s participatory budgeting cycle is coming to a close this Sunday, April 10. Here are the districts participating ...

Web3 is hailed as a technology paradigm that is fueled by the creator economy and is in the future, or rather, the next evolution of the internet. As we draw evolutionary comparisons of the technology ...