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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 their human rights abused and were enslaved to a life of persecution, misrepresentation and constant […]
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Signals

Mobilized Signals See what’s changing — clearly, early, and in context Mobilized Signals are real-time intelligence briefings that help you understand what is changing, why it matters, how it connects, and what to watch next. They are the foundation of […]
INSIGHTS

Corporate Bullshit Detectors

There is a difference between communication and camouflage. The signal: Researchers have built a way to measure how easily people are impressed by empty corporate language — and the results are a warning for every institution, company, nonprofit, foundation, media platform, […]
Interviews

Music Heals

Have you ever been so emotionally moved by a musical performance, live or recorded or one that you are performing?  Have you ever wondered how these sounds have an impact on your health?  To address how music effects our health […]
INSIGHTS

Smarter Cities and Communities

How do we create smarter cities that are interconnected, interdependent, democratic, resilient, ecological, and designed to improve quality of life for everyone—not just optimize systems for efficiency? How can residents, planners, technologists, public agencies, businesses, and local leaders redesign cities […]
Design for Life

Clean and Renewable Energy

How do we restore energy systems so they are clean, reliable, affordable, locally beneficial, democratically accountable, and designed to improve quality of life for everyone? From “How do we produce cleaner power?” to “How do we restore energy as a […]
Design for Life

Ethical Finance

From Extractive Economics to Health-Creating Economies How can residents, businesses, hospitals, universities, foundations, investors, banks, and local governments move money in ways that restore health, build community wealth, reduce harm, and improve quality of life where people are now? How […]
Design for Life

I.C.T. and Cybersecurity

Right now, people around the world continue devoloping improved I.C.T. (Information/Communications/Technology systems) We will addressing how communities can restore health where they are now through improved I.C.T. systems. ICT and Cybersecurity What does a healthy digital system look like? How […]
Weekly Signals

Clean and Renewable Energy

Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 The transition is moving from “build more renewables” to “build the operating system for clean power.” That operating system includes grid access, battery storage, faster permitting, stable incentives, electrified demand, AI-era power planning, and investment […]
Weekly Signals

Food

Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 The old food system is being stressed by war, drought, fuel, fertilizer, logistics, and climate volatility. At the same time, a new food operating system is emerging through fermentation, cellular agriculture, farmer-inclusive food tech, circular […]
Weekly Signals

Ethical Finance

Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 Money is becoming a systems-design tool. The question is no longer only who makes a profit. It is whether finance accelerates extraction or builds resilience. The ethical-finance upgrade is capital that is transparent, accountable, climate-aligned, […]
Weekly Signals

Democracy: Personal and Digital

Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 Democracy is becoming a digital infrastructure issue.  The new battleground is not only ballots, parties, or parliaments. It is data rights, surveillance limits, AI accountability, platform design, digital identity, youth safety, and whether people can […]
Weekly Signals

Cities and Communities

Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 The smart city is becoming the resilient city. The upgrade is not just more technology. It is faster housing approvals, permanently affordable homes, heat-safe streets, parks as public-health infrastructure, better disaster readiness, trusted urban data, […]
Weekly Signals

Mobility

Period covered: June 7–13, 2026 Transportation is being redesigned as a service system. The future is not simply electric cars or driverless taxis. It is connected mobility: public transit, autonomous shuttles, EV charging, micromobility, digital fares, safe streets, secure rail, […]