Civic & Public Life

A multilingual reference project profiles Syrian officials, their organizational histories, and the connections between them.

A house-by-house account of Marblehead’s growth, pairing homes standing today with the town’s building and zoning history.

Independent reporting and public-record investigations examine Providence’s taxes, housing, 311 system, downtown, and hurricane barrier.

A neighbor-led campaign documents automatic license plate readers in Thompson’s Station and asks for a public account of their use.

Steve’s Vision describes fitting and giving away free reading glasses during Rotary peace missions and mobile clinics.

A Hong Kong food-rescue charity turns surplus food into meals and food baskets for older people in four Kowloon neighborhoods.

A personal project tracking unsolicited sales emails, the companies that delivered them, and what happened after abuse reports were sent.

An independent planning-research site that guides readers through England’s 2026 planning framework and documents how councils and inspectors apply it.

A searchable collection of Lebanese laws, decrees, court rulings, and other legal material, with Arabic and French search and article-level citations.

A free Las Vegas Historic Westside resource for checking parcel records and finding property-fraud, probate, repair, and tax help.

A free, no-reservation Miami community shuttle guide for the 79ST along NW 79th Street and the 7AV north on NW 7th Avenue to Golden Glades.

An Austin neighborhood campaign tracks the sale, demolition review, historic review, and possible future development of a church property.

A local guide to Walton, NY, turns property assessments, county sales, state filings, and town calendars into plain-language notes on taxes, local change, and weekend plans.

WarmBeds presents a ZIP-code directory of nearby shelters, free meals, clinics, recovery programs, and crisis lines, plus printable help sheets for outreach.

An independent archive organizing lawsuits and court filings involving RowCal Management, RowCal Construction, and related entities.

A local campaign argues that Wausau should end its license-plate camera contract through the 2027 budget.

A source-led series examines Israel’s 2026 election one party list at a time.

A locally authored guide to Campinas’s municipal health council, its legal framework, health-service directories, and public records.

A calculator compares a job’s pay with a take-home wage standard based on studio rents in the county where the work happens.

A public map lets visitors search for mapped Flock and other license-plate cameras by address, town, or current location.

A bilingual campaign site documenting weekly anti-execution hunger strikes in Iranian prisons and solidarity actions abroad.

A public directory for looking up Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes, with inspection citations, fines, star ratings, and staffing information.

An open roster and memorial for soldiers linked to Camp Ritchie’s World War II military intelligence training.

A residents’ campaign site opposing a data center project at 4405 Route 1 in South Brunswick, New Jersey.

An independent investigation pairs a map of people and connections with cited reporting about efforts to concentrate political and economic power.

An independent project examining whether people can reliably stop AI-controlled machines, with a founding thesis and resources on regulation, research, and incidents.

A source-backed guide to Nassau County’s 2026 candidates, campaign finance, district maps, and voter information.

A bilingual weekday publication tracking proposed and new Portuguese laws that affect immigrants, with plain-English explainers.

A sourced case file and live-update page tracks Christa Pike’s 1995 case and Tennessee’s September 30, 2026 execution attempt.

A public-information site for looking up licensed daycare inspection records in Texas and California, with center comparisons and parent guides.

A searchable directory of Medicare-certified dialysis centers, with CMS ratings, services, schedules and patient-outcome comparisons.

A searchable reference to CMS nursing-home ratings, inspections, fines, staffing, and ownership, with guides to interpreting the records.

A community-run site for checking flood reports, risk locations, CCTV feeds, and emergency information across Kanchanaburi province.

A UKRI-MRC-funded study in Turkana, Kenya, is testing whether treating livestock with long-lasting ivermectin can reduce malaria-carrying mosquitoes and malaria cases.

The Arab Observatory presents an index measuring how public-policy evaluation is institutionalised across political, social and professional systems in 11 Arab League states.

A participatory awards project for inventions and decisions that solved one problem while creating another.

A French- and Arabic-facing community site for asking for help, offering skills, finding local activities, and exploring free learning.

A U.S. iPhone beta lets people look up documented plate readers, traffic cameras, speed cameras, and red-light cameras near a place, then open the underlying source.

A searchable index of home-service permit records across selected counties in California and Texas, with pages organized by city, street, and house.

A plain-language guide to Plans of Safe Care, explaining the federal policy, differences among states, and research for families and the people who support them.

A preservation campaign documents the Whiteman family home in Goodwater, Oklahoma, alongside family history and archival records.

A community mahjong tournament and silent auction in Albany, Georgia, honoring Saville Sullivan Larkin and raising funds for brain cancer research.

A community archive collecting memories of Tokyo live houses through photographs, flyers, writing, and firsthand accounts.

A Czech-language watchdog site scrutinizing municipal decisions and spending in Narysov, with articles about planning, public records, and local disputes.

A searchable guide to inland bathing spots in Spain, with water-quality classifications, historical records, and places no longer in the official census.

An independent project monitoring California waters for herbicide runoff from forestry work and investigating where detected chemicals came from.

A public watchdog record of unpaid affiliate-commission disputes, with evidence, company responses, and case updates.

A Surry County campaign asking officials to remove county-operated Flock license-plate readers, with evidence, meeting information and a community-reported camera map.

A free, parent-run directory for exploring NYC public middle schools and finding tours and open houses.

A bilingual civic information site about a proposed solar plant near la Torre de Claramunt, with sections on the project, its location, concerns, documents and ways to help.

A public reporting service for unsafe cables in Bali, with a workflow intended to match a report to the provider responsible.

A public reference to architects, engineers, and contractors listed on New York City building permits, with firm profiles and a monthly filing-count edition.

The site lets visitors search California assisted-living and board-and-care listings, with licensing details and links to state records.

Fatal Roads lets readers look up U.S. fatal-crash statistics by county, state, or route, with annual data stretching back to 1975.

Political Eye describes a 3D globe that drills from national election results down to Texas precincts and selected county editions.

A Montclair community fundraiser asks neighbors to help a Watchung Elementary crossing guard recover $7,750 lost to an online scam.

Search building permits by address or ZIP code and browse nearby records from participating cities.

A public letter asks major AI providers to give customers pinned model versions, changelogs, advance notice, and ways to track quality.

A browser-based reporting tool for county emergency managers to log incident reports on a map and produce a printable event summary.

A directory for finding nearby public water-testing options, with guides for understanding test results.

Calling Water LLC says it buys neglected buildings in North Lawndale and West Town, rebuilds them with neighborhood crews, and creates homes and construction work.

A web and app platform for Kenyan residents’ associations, chamas, saccos, committees, and clubs to manage group communication, meetings, decisions, tasks, dues, and records.

A searchable directory of recorded storms, FEMA disaster declarations, and flood-insurance claims for U.S. counties.

District Callboard gathers auditions, upcoming performances and theatre companies across DC, Maryland and Virginia.

A search and reference site for median and mean federal prison terms by offense, district, and guideline, using fiscal-year 2018–2025 U.S. Sentencing Commission datafiles.

A public archive of reported women’s killings in Ekurhuleni, with victim records, official statements, source disagreements, and ways to pass on information.

KOFA describes an archive of roughly 15,000 amateur, home, educational, and propaganda films connected to Turkey, with a stated collection scope of 1940–1990.

A free, Spanish-and-English summit bringing Latin American tech founders, investors, and builders together in San Francisco.

A Brookline fundraiser offering weekly packs of cookies and brownies, with contributions going to HIAS and Make the Road New York.

A Mississippi Gulf Coast community is building an off-grid text and data network with small radios running MeshCore.

A New Rochelle civic movement presents municipal-record claims, a city-meeting calendar, and ways for residents to participate.

A French civic-finance project combines investigations and interactive explorers to explain public spending, debt and the taxes embedded in everyday prices.

An open-data index profiles large apartment managers and lets readers explore their presence metro by metro.

A Texas election guide combines an address-based close-race lookup with voting dates and precinct organizing.

A county-by-county tracker for sheriff and foreclosure sale dates, postponements, results, and free email alerts.

A public dashboard of readings from 667 Hungarian water gauges, with trends, 24-hour changes, and flood-readiness levels where available.

ZoningBrief offers property owners, brokers, and investors plain-English summaries of nearby DFW rezoning cases, with parcel-specific impact calls and hearing deadlines.

A Hungarian media monitor that groups current news stories by topic and compares how outlets across the left, center, and right cover them.

An independent monitoring page brings together dated public reporting, delayed satellite imagery, civilian and economic context, and separate forecast and scenario tools.

An Ohio election quiz invites users to pick the issues they care about and compare their views with candidates across state and federal races.

An independent Auburn Chi Phi chapter initiative describing a coalition for survivor support through RAINN fundraising, prevention education, and chapter accountability.

A school-based Istanbul run club lays out four weekend runs at Bostancı Sahil, with participants asked to bring a high-school-level novel for donation.

An independent archive follows Kendall Francis’s account, LSU’s Title IX findings and appeal, and the East Baton Rouge Parish criminal investigation.

A pro-Brad Batt campaign page makes a case against Tennessee Rep. Tim Hicks, organizing his votes around schools, family policy, development, and lending.

A Nagasaki-focused directory for searching jobs, companies, and volunteer opportunities by municipality and work conditions, with furigana controls and plain-language job descriptions.

A planned atlas would map the Holy Land’s history in English, Arabic, and Hebrew, attaching original-language sources, translations, and citations to historical claims.

The Boulder City Chamber asks residents, visitors, and members two questions on a new business topic each month, then says it will report what it heard and what action follows.

A searchable calendar of cultural events and nightlife in Montréal, organized by date and venue.

A community-run project for documenting building conditions in Portage Public Schools.

A chaptered guide to AI/SI governance, covering incidents, model and agent defenses, legal requirements, ethics, and a proposed Vietnam social enterprise.

A volunteer heritage group in Dublin’s Tenters area presents walking tours, local-history research, archives, booklets, and a blog.

A local opposition page argues against a proposed 30-acre solar development and a requested change to its financial safeguards.

A youth-led nonprofit project proposing monthly health-awareness campaigns built around first-person stories, facts, and resources.

A community-centered citizen journalism project featuring local stories, an archive, and ways to submit stories or volunteer.

An interactive country map compares the politics, economy, and social values of governments with the United States.