Democracy
The Great Transition: Democracy
How communities worldwide can rebuild trust, participation, and public power from the ground up The big picture: A healthier democracy does not begin in a […]
Year: 2026
FOOD
The Great Transition: Food
From Food Bureaucracy to Food Systems That Serve Life The big picture: The food system most people rely on was built around centralized control: industrial […]
ENERGY
The Great Transition: Energy
From Dirty Power to Community Power How fossil fuels captured economies, politics, media — and why locally owned clean energy can help restore public health, […]
Design for Life
Reimagining Media as a Solutions-Focused Commons
A Bridge to the Future. Media as a Public Service Media was built to report what happened. Today, change is constant—and that’s not enough. Goal: […]
Democracy
For real transition, small businesses must participate
The Small Business Transition Climate and sustainability coverage often focuses on governments, global corporations, investors, and major infrastructure. But most communities are held together by […]
Design for Life
Participatory Democracy: It’s up to all of us
Democracy Is Not Just Voting. It Is Participation Design Digital Democracy That Actually Works Democracy coverage is usually dominated by elections, polarization, disinformation, authoritarianism, and […]
Interviews
Why is EVERYTHING changing?
Put aside the political games of chess and corporate doublespeak. So why are things changing everywhere? “We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, […]
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Democracy
Why Bayard Rustin’s Legacy Matters Now
Bayard Rustin did not become famous the way history usually makes people famous. He did not stand at the microphone for the most remembered speech. […]
Design for Life
What if life actually worked for all of us
Note: The hopes and dreams of those who are no longer with us reside in our hearts. The hopes and dreams of current and future […]
Democracy
How Media Broke Reality — and How We Rebuild Trust
Truth didn’t die. It was buried by profit. So we’re unearthing it—with community-owned media built on trust by design. For years, the attention economy monetized […]
Democracy
INSIGHTS
How do we rebuild democracy so people have real agency in shaping the systems that shape their lives?
Here is a tailored invitation for Danielle Allen, positioned around democracy renovation, civic trust, constitutional democracy, public participation, education, and shared power. Dear Danielle, I […]
INSIGHTS
Open Democracy, Deliberation and Collective Intelligence
Here is a tailored invitation for Hélène Landemore, positioned around open democracy, deliberation, collective intelligence, and redesigning democratic participation for a systems-changing era. Dear Hélène, […]
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Ding & Dong
DING AND DONG is the latest creation from entertainment veteran, Greg “Kawi” Thomas. You can discover his projects here.
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Railroad to Hell (Chinaman’s Chance)
Written, directed, co-produced and featuring creative dynamo Aki Aleong, Railroad to Hell (Chinaman’s Chance) is a human rights story about how legal Asian immigrants to California had […]
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