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Civics in the age of mistrust; Microsoft’s Civic Graph; and more. Today’s civic tech must-reads: MIT Center for Civic Media director Ethan Zuckerman offers the fullest …

Canadian conservatives have a police hotline for “barbaric cultural practices,” and other election news from the north. About that other election: Canadians are voting today …

Misleading data from the LAPD; online civic centers for NYC neighborhoods; and more. Ben Poston, Joel Rubin, and Anthony Pesce report for the L.A. Times that the …

Spreading spyware; behavioral science in the White House; $25 mil to OpenGov; and more. This morning The Intercept published The Drone Papers, a collection of stories …

People’s Climate Movement National Day of Action; failing because too tech-bro; and more The internet declared Hillary Clinton the winner of the Democratic debate last …

When gov’t wants to (or has to) crowdfund humanitarian aid; Brigade’s ballot guide; and more. “It remains to be seen whether crowdfunded humanitarianism will “crowd …

The racism on Nextdoor; clever campaign finance maneuvering by Google’s Eric Schmidt; and more. Tech and the presidentials: Adam Pasick and Tim Fernholz report for Quartz on The …

Platform co-ops get a conference; New Yorkers, do you have fast, reliable, affordable internet? Set the record straight; and more. This is civic tech: Civicist …

The civic idea Bono went nuts for; activists on social media sabbaticals; and more. Rich thinking: Mark Pincus of Zynga thinks “it’d be pretty cool” …