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Breaking down the Clinton-Sanders battle for the nomination; an oral history of Howard Dean’s YEAHHHHHHHH; and more. Iowa watch: Joe Rospars, the founder and CEO …

Behind-the-scenes on the development of Vote.USA.gov; social media and the campaign; and more. This is civic tech: Building on David Moore’s essay yesterday about the need …

YCombinator to lead research on basic income; life inside Facebookistan; and more. This is civic tech: David Moore of the Participatory Politics Foundation (longtime friend of …

Close looks at the Knight News Challenge data winners; remembering the Egyptian revolution; and more. This is civic tech: iHollaback, the anti-street-harassment organization, is launching HeartMob today, …

Craigslist founder launches Water for Flint challenge; civic tech and Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement; and more. This is civic tech: Building on earlier writing (including work he …

Predicting the west coast civic tech scene; analyzing Twitter for sarcasm; and more. This is civic tech: Microsoft’s Jessica Weare has some intriguing predictions for the west …

The definitive history of Facebook’s “Free Basics”; a blockchain skeptic’s rant; and more. This is civic tech: Jen Pahlka, founder of Code for America, writes on the …

The GovTech100; DemocracyOS has fans in France; and more. This is civic tech: News from Datamade‘s Derek Eder: Chicago Councilmatic has just relaunched, tracking all things related to the …

The good, bad, & ugly of tech to prevent sexual assault; high-tech fitting rooms; and more. This is civic tech: Longtime civic hacker Luke Fretwell …