One of the most effective ways to move individuals to act together on climate involves showing them how past collective actions have delivered structural change, a new study finds. What doesn’t work? ...

A discussion with Jordan H. Kraemer, author of Mobile City: Emerging Media, Space, and Sociality in Contemporary Berlin.

Advocating with Evidence: Lessons for Tech Researchers in Civil Society November 13, 2025, 10-11am ET online As technology and the tech industry evolve, civil society is struggling to address the unintended consequences of change, including tools that can be used to erode democracy, amplify bias, and accelerate hateful ideologies. Timely, accessible findings are necessary to […]

A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.

As Trump and Elon Musk signal menacing new intentions on numerous fronts, a scholar of democratic breakdown explains how we’re now seeing textbook signs of a country’s slide into authoritarian rule.

YouTube video by House Committee on the Judiciary

The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.

Jordan Kraemer says states can address issues that remain unresolved, such as those incentivizing rampant hate and antisemitism.

Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries

The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...

Facebook became popular in the mid-2000s as a space for friendship and connection, especially among young people. Despite its ignominious origin as a site

In her recent book <i>Mobile City: Emerging Media, Space, and Sociality in Contemporary Berlin</i>, Jordan Kraemer examines how young adults in Berlin in the first decades of this century used social ...

It's good to be shocked, but don't be awed

Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.

Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons

Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.

In Mobile City, Jordan H. Kraemer charts the rise of social media and an emerging "knowledge" class in early-2000s Berlin. Many young Germans and EU-Ausländer (foreigners from other EU countries),...

time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

A review of the evidence from PDN's Design Library.

Best practices for creating and maintaining a public-spirited online space for your neighborhood, town, or city

Samuel Williams died a day after he collided with an unmarked police vehicle that swerved in front of him from the opposite direction.

This paper is co-published by the Foundation for American Innovation and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

US says current climate rules are satisfactory, prompting condemnation from activists and vulnerable countries