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RJI Interactive Map of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) Laws

The Reynolds Journalism Institute's up-to-date guide to anti-SLAPP laws — which target frivolous lawsuits that attempt to impede free speech — is now available as an interactive map.

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
2026

Siun Community Self-Built Connectivity Hub

The Siun Community Self-Built Connectivity Hub is a community-owned internet and digital-skills centre in Obafemi Owode, Ogun State, Nigeria, offering affordable connectivity to rural residents.

Ogbomosho, Nigeria
2026

Worker Lens on the AI Economy

Worker Lens on the AI Economy is a nonprofit research program from Data & Society that documents how AI is changing work through workers' firsthand experiences across five industries.

New York City
2026

Labrynth permitting platform

Lancaster, California's AI permitting program is a city-run deployment of Labrynth's commercial permitting platform that uses agentic AI workflows to screen building permit applications automatically.

2026

Flock Surveillance

Flock Surveillance Map is an independent surveillance-transparency map that plots the locations and status of Flock Safety camera and drone devices across the United States.

2026

쉬운신문 (Easy Newspaper)

Media Today plans to create an 'Easy Newspaper' that people with developmental disabilities can read, in collaboration with the social enterprise Sosohansotong, which produces easy-to-understand information.

Seoul
2026

The Bay Dashboard

he Bay Dashboard is an independent, student-built civic dashboard that gathers scattered public planning records across all 101 Bay Area cities, what's being built near you, which board decides it, and when it meets, into one resident-facing tracker with plain-English meeting summaries.

San Francisco

China Capital

China Capital is an ICIJ investigation revealing how ICBC, the world's largest bank, used its London operations to advance Beijing's geopolitical priorities, serving firms linked to oligarchs and autocrats and helping Huawei move $1.3B out of the UK after its US indictment.

Washington, DC
2026

Apartments Lexington

apartments.lexingtonky.gov is a free, city-backed rental-listings website for Lexington, Kentucky, where every listing is staff-vetted against scams, and which connects renters to local tenant resources, legal, financial, and utility assistance, alongside affordable and market-rate housing.

Lexington, MA
2026