Our First 1,000 Volunteers

A new volunteer, Alex, recently told me about a dream he had. In his dream, Alex visited some old friends who…

Data for Democracy Hackathon: Happening This Weekend!

Or: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?

Election Transparency, Part #1: Introducing the Data

Data for Democracy is a group of data-centric designers, programmers, and storytellers. We are a collection of clever, curious individuals from around the world. One of our first projects that was organized and started was in the arena of…

Election Transparency, Part #2: Data Collection and Analysis

In the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, one question dominated the headlines: how could so many predictions have gotten it wrong?