Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
New Haven Independent
The New Haven Independent is produced in conjunction with the Online Journalism Project, a not-for-profit effort to promote professional-quality “stand-alone” and “hyperlocal” news sites on the Internet.
MinnPost
MinnPost is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces thoughtful, in-depth journalism about civic and cultural affairs impacting Minnesota.
Bedrock, USA Podcast
Our “Bedrock, USA” podcast explored the rise of far-right extremism in two local governments.
Authoritarian Tech Newsletter
From biometrics to surveillance — when people in power abuse technology, the rest of us suffer. Written by Ellery Biddle.
Lyft Election Day discounts
Lyft updates its free rides to the polls program with a half-off discount for 2022 US elections, potentially due to belt-tightening
BallotReady 2022 Ballot Measures
For the 2022 midterm General Election, BallotReady’s researchers have uploaded 133 statewide ballot measures and 3,892 local ballot measures to our database.
Design Ethnography Lab
This laboratory was formed as an effort to develop design methods and practices, which on the one hand are based on technological developments, and on the other, based on the development of social, cultural, and political issues and theories.
The Roadmap to the Official Count in the 2022 Election
A civic explainer by the Brennan Center for Justice
Giving a damn about accessibility
A candid and practical handbook for designers. by Sheri Byrne-Haber
Institute for Nonprofit News Index Annual Report
The Index is the most comprehensive study of the state of nonprofit news.
Institute for Government UIK Performance Tracker 2022
Performance Tracker reviews the state of nine public services – general practice, hospitals, adult social care, children’s social care, neighbourhood services, schools, police, criminal courts and prisons – and their comparative and inter-connected problems.
Amachi Pittsburgh
Amachi Pittsburgh raises awareness and delivers services to give children a fighting chance in Allegheny County, and runs a VR pilot program to connect chidren with incaracerated parents
BLVD Harambee EII
The Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) is a collaboration between the Detroit Community Technology Project and a network of community organizations including BLVD Harambee.
An Unrepresentative Democracy: How Disinformation and Online Abuse Hinder Women of Color Political Candidates in the United States
A report by Center for Democracy & Technology
Progressive International
We unite, organise, and mobilise progressive forces around the world. Get Involved We are turning Black Friday into Make Amazon Pay Day
The Local Authority Podcast
The Local Authority is the podcast from LGC and TPXimpact. Each month we will bring together leading figures from within and around local government to discuss one aspect of the sector’s future.
ShakeAlert®
An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States
Open Data Is Here. But What Data Do Governments Publish?
Government Technology used the Socrata Open Data API to look at about 55,000 data assets published by 336 U.S. state and local governments — an average of 163 assets per publisher
The state of digital identity in Europe
Data reveals a patchwork of approaches to digital identities across the continent with varying levels of success.
Accelerator for America
Accelerator for America and Honeywell Collaborate to Promote Smart City Growth in Five U.S. Cities
HX Project
Short for “human experience,” HX is an approach to talking about, engaging with, and designing technology in a way that is aligned with our needs as humans — not users.
Responsible Tech Mentorship Program
All Tech Is Human has developed this free program in order to help build the Responsible Tech pipeline – by facilitating connections and career development among talented students, career changers, and practitioners.
Western Fire Chiefs Association Fire Map
Tracking Current Wildfires in the US
All Tech Is Human Library Podcast Series
The All Tech Is Human Library Podcast is a special 16-part series featuring a series of rapid-fire intimate conversations with academics, AI ethicists, activists, entrepreneurs, public interest technologists, and integrity workers, who help us answer: How do we build a responsible tech future?
Civic Nation
Civic Nation is home to seven high-impact national initiatives. We educate by giving people critical tools and information on issues that affect them. We activate and train people to organize within their communities.
Digital Día de Muertos altar
Honor your loved ones with a digital Día de Muertos altar by the Los Angeles Times
Guides.vote
Guides.vote produces nonpartisan voters guides that show where candidates stand. They’re produced by veteran journalists with links to credible sources. Whether you vote by mail or head to the polls, our guides let you do it with confidence
Protected Bicycle Lane Network Impact Model
Open spreadsheet to calculate the carbon benefits of protected bikelanes
Misinformation Amplification Analysis and Tracking Dashboard
At the Integrity Institute, we are tracking how misinformation performs on platforms to measure the extent to which platforms are amplifying misinformation, and the extent to which they are creating an incentive structure that rewards lies and misinformation online.
EthicalEmail.org
The fundraising spam is out of control. Here's how that happened — and how we take back our inboxes.
The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries.
Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI)
We believe public accountability is possible ONLY with a vigilant and involved citizenry
Alliance For Taxpayer Access
The Alliance for Taxpayer Access works to ensure that the published results of research funded with public dollars are made available to the American public, for free, online, as soon as possible.
Teplitsa Social Technologies
Некоммерческий образовательный проект для гражданских активистов и IT-специалистов
Transparency International Moldova
Transparency International chapter
Philippines Center for Investigative Journalism
Journalists must now be more like eagle-eyed guides with flashlights in a dark cave, seeking out and illuminating what’s true and important in a place dense with falsehood and trivia.
Center for Government Interoperability
Our drive and passion is to help government save money and become more efficient through sharing software and collaboration
iLaw
Access to legal information resource in Thailand
Troll-o-meter
Trolling, or social media behavior that is uncivil and provocative is one of the most potent sources of political polarization today
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
Tactical Technology Collective
Centro de Asesoria y Promocion Electorap (CAPEL)
El Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral, IIDH/CAPEL, es un programa especializado del Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (IIDH).
The Lebanese Transparency Association
Transparency International Lebanon