The New Public Square

By Sally Jo Fifer 1

In a time of limitless connectivity, mass collaboration, access and sharing of knowledge worldwide, public media steps in to focus the clamor on civic discourse and social change.

Transforming Democracy Through Digital Technology

By Courtney Martin 3

Five lessons from groundbreaking women.

Arab Health Care and Online Development

By Jamil Wyne 1

The Jordanian startup Al-Tibbi is leveraging the Arab World’s growing online penetration rates to enhance the region’s health care agenda.

Corporate Philanthropy Tackles the Digital Divide

By David Fetterman 8

HP’s $15 million, plus comprehensive community commitment and capacity building, provides us with a model of success for social change.

Spreading Protest Tactics

By Corinna Wu

More collaboration among activist groups leads to a broader repertoire of tactics.

Follow the Money

By Brandon Keim

MapLight, a nonprofit that crunches data to determine the influence of money in politics, aims to make government more accountable.

Lance Armstrong and the Contagion of Unethical Behavior

By Susan Liautaud 4

The dangers of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal reach far beyond performance-enhancing drugs.

The Tricky Business of Cultural Change

By Courtney E. Martin

If real, radical cultural change is a goal of the Clinton Global Initiative, then real rich people are part of the problem and fundamental to the solution.

Campus Party: It’s not a “Spanish Thing”

By Daniel Ben-Horin 6

A look at a generational cohort that the world must engage.

Is the UN Really Trying to Take Over the Internet?

By Keisha Taylor 1

A look at new proposals to change how our Internet is governed.