Civic & Public Life

A South American cat-rescue app lets people report sightings, take nearby missions, and follow each animal’s story.

Independent journalist Jason Hunyar documents reporting on surveillance technology, law enforcement, and public records.

A legal-defense desk organizing records on Palestinian detention, court cases, land and homes, Gaza, and international law.

An English-language tracker organizes changes to Japan’s visa and permanent-residency rules by date and by the people and application routes they affect.

A free lookup and Chrome extension labels whether local practices and selected consumer brands are private-equity backed, with sources.

A Brown County, Wisconsin foundation supporting schools, hospitals, treatment centers, shelters, and community spaces.

Free English- and Spanish-language guides and tools help people prepare for U.S. naturalization, from checking eligibility to practicing for the interview.

A Korean-language browser of restaurants appearing in local-government business-expense records, grouped by agency and spending patterns.

An interactive dataset of London kehilla births, bar mitzvas, engagements and weddings announced in Kol Mevaser, filterable by time and community dimensions.

An Italian project that checks public-sector documents for personal data that may have been published by mistake, then reports findings to the responsible organization for free.

An interactive Chinese-language guide to the Xibei Sili Mama family-rope tradition, with a rope-building simulation, cultural history, and digital keepsake maker.

An independent proposal and browser demo for bringing Palau’s official news, emergency alerts and citizen concerns into one app.

The Vietnamese temple’s site combines visitor information, a 3D tour interface, local history, and Buddhist scripture resources.

A San Francisco customer campaign asks Sonic to make phone service optional and prioritize 10Gbps upgrades for existing customers.

A searchable archive of Spanish political speeches, organized by event and speaker, with transcripts and video-linked passages.

An unofficial, state-by-state map tracks party flips and other results from the 2026 U.S. midterms, including county and city contests.

A free, multilingual guide to legislation, representatives, budgets, city services, and local issues across New York City’s 51 Council districts.

A public feed of US product recalls from CPSC, NHTSA, FDA and USDA FSIS, with search, filters, plain-language summaries and next steps.

A community safety reporting service that lets Gerehu residents send concerns to a local volunteer response team through Telegram.

A municipality-based directory of Hokkaido’s industrial-waste permit holders, with permit details and citations to prefectural records.

A multilingual assistant for asking questions about Almaty Air Initiative research, with live air-quality information and tools for comparing sensor data.

Third Sector Recon publishes document-based financial and governance analysis of nonprofit organizations, starting with a study of five New York City homeless-services providers.

A community media site where young A’i Cofán communicators share stories, news, audio and video from Dureno, Ecuador.

A local journal for Saré Yoba Diéga, Senegal, covering the louma market, neighborhoods, schools, local history, and community notices.

A collaborative map and multimedia archive of school-memory projects in northern Bogotá.

Fallrett lets visitors look up a Norwegian property and estimate the annual rent it might receive under a voluntary hydropower-rights lease.

Petrowana catalogs and maps trees in PT Petrokimia Gresik’s Green Zone, with species search and biodiversity statistics.

A youth freestyle ski and snowboard series connecting small mountains across New England.

Sopla organizes free Sunday runs in Guayaquil, pairing an all-paces outing with QR check-ins, photos and redeemable points.

A Hampton Roads resource finder that matches people with local support listings across needs including housing, food, healthcare, and crisis support.

A London air-quality map lets visitors check official hourly pollution readings near a postcode, alongside plain-language health guidance.

A parish-by-parish directory of Louisiana burn-ban status, with an email-alert signup.

A subscription research service with candidate reports, profiles of California’s 172 districts, and campaign-finance explorers built from public filings.

An address-based guide to your members of Congress, their voting records, bills, and campaign money.

An interactive atlas estimates travel-associated dengue cases by month and arrival location, and maps relative risk for travelers.

A searchable Toronto restaurant inspection lookup with current notices, inspection histories, and leaderboards based on City records.

An interactive guide to castles, holy wells, abbeys and other heritage sites across Ireland, with county, nearby, folklore and route exploration.

An independent, unaffiliated reading of EroLove’s public privacy policy, mapping what it says about intimate chat data, outside processors, image sharing, and deletion.

A free guide to what automated license plate reader evidence can establish—and what a defense may question.

A free browser add-on that highlights brands on BDS boycott lists as you browse, with a card offering the listing rationale, alternatives and links.

A Texas political accountability site organizes officials’ votes, campaign money, public claims, promises, and outcome measures.

A no-login community hub for agents to find help, contact one another, and share notices and surveys about where they live.

A Jerusalem media initiative brings together a film archive, filmmaker opportunities, and practical resources for productions working in the city.

A federal study presents maps and estimates of the economic, social, and territorial role of football clubs across Argentina’s interior.

The Massachusetts Juneteenth Council of America’s site documents its Roxbury events, local history, volunteer work, and video records from 2023 through 2026.

An editorial preview of a community heritage record for Ika Orile and the Alákétu family in Ogun State, Nigeria.

A local preparedness page pairs El Niño risk information and emergency contacts with a linked app and prevention kits for delivery in Lima and Callao.

A UC Riverside student research project asks people to report customer-service bot experiences and compares survey responses with public Reddit posts.

A dated register of federal energy and permitting actions, with document types, citations, and concise headlines.

Lisa Patten pairs writing from her work as a CASA volunteer with a plain-language guide to the Texas child-welfare system.

A conversation platform for people in Israel to discuss questions about society with someone who answered differently.

A local tide-risk guide estimates which Marin roads, school routes, and paths may flood at high tide.

A bylined column explains federal technology and AI policy for founders and people working on software products.

An investigative journalism project covering immigration fraud, visa-sponsorship abuse and migrant-worker exploitation, with a tip channel and a briefing of related reporting.

A live tracker and flight-history page for aircraft used by Brazil’s Presidency and the Air Force’s Special Transport Group.

A searchable directory for comparing social landlords in England, drawing on material published by the regulator and the Housing Ombudsman.

A searchable directory that compares local contractors and architects using City of Ann Arbor building-permit records.

A Catalan public-statistics portal for exploring population, housing, education, budgets and elections by municipality, with source information for its figures.

Kalma describes a community effort to connect weather signals with local reports of effects on farming, roads, tourism, and commerce.

The Mabo Centre presents research, training, and programs intended to support Traditional Owners and First Nations youth in leadership and community economic development.

Saisonnet presents a free weekly email bulletin combining local air-quality and pollen readings with regional figures on winter viruses.

The site lets constituents draft a postcard asking members of Congress for a public commitment, then says it will track the public record and send reminders.

Civica presents itself as a bilingual tool for explaining laws, court cases, policies, political news, and documents in plain language.

An independent site presenting maps, data, and short analysis of Texas statewide races.

A multilingual documentation project collects accounts from foreigners deported from Georgia or refused entry, alongside information about rights and legal help.

A brief and document index presenting the site's interpretation of Army JAG Corps DEI-related records released through FOIA.

A civic campaign questioning how Ohio handles voter information and calling for clearer consent before organizations contact people.

Warped HQ describes a four-part effort spanning ecosystem research, media, creative experiments, and collaborative game development across Africa.

An Australian legal-status explainer that tracks peptides across the Poisons Standard, ARTG approval and 2026 anti-doping rules.

CheapMilk.com proposes connecting local sponsors, shoppers and independent grocers so shoppers pay less for milk while stores receive their shelf price.

A forthcoming project tracking who wins public-sector AI contracts in Europe, using EU tender data.

An open-source, nonprofit project in the planning stage for sharing a cat’s history among the people who care for it.

A local-government news and events site covering communities in southwest Washington and nearby Oregon.

A searchable directory of places across Kagawa and its islands, organized by area and category, with a stated focus on sourced, dated local facts.

A plain-English guide to California’s statewide ballot measures, with side-by-side explanations of what Yes and No mean.

The site describes a free NYC address search intended to gather building ownership, permits, violations, and lot details in one place.

False Press Index presents a live map and feed for AI-generated, fabricated, and propaganda news, with filters for status, type, and time period.

Jessie Richards publishes independent privacy and security research, offers technical audits, and runs cybersecurity workshops and talks.