June 16, 2013 Daily Sites / Stories News

Contacts

• Call on Congress - 1-888-907-6886 - free info on your representatives, bills, elections and more

• POPVOX - tell your US representatives what you think, then share it (US)

POPVOX - The Week Ahead: June 17 - 21 - POPVOX.com

POPVOX - The Hill 101: Discharge Petition - POPVOX.com

POPVOX - What to Watch in Congress - Week of June 16 - POPVOX.com

• Taproots - social enterprise pro bono work

• National Lawyers Guild - fighting to keep the First Amendment alive in the legal arena

• Bribespot - report bribes anonymously with a cell phone app (World)

Tools

• NCDD Resources - help for civic dialogue and deliberation

• Points of Light Institute - civic incubator

• Civic Commons - civic engagement apps

• Mashable: Social Good - technology news for activists

Voting

• US Vote - complete voter service

• Election Protection - get help for your voter registration, voting questions and problems (US)

Calendars

• Political Reform Calendar - a list of government and other calendar sites (Intl., US)

Stories

• Open Congress - bills' info and news

• Congress.org - daily political happenings in Washington, DC

• InterOccupy - Occupy movement actions

• Occupy - Occupy movement news

• Waging Nonviolence - activism analyses

• America Speaks - engaging citizens in governance

• Culture Project - Shining an artistic spotlight on injustice

Ethics

• CommonBlog - Common Cause - government and political reform

• CitizenVox - Public Citizen - consumer news and corporate reform

• PolicyShop - Demos - a public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy

• U.S. PIRG - a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society

• 350.org -  environmental / climate movement

• EDF Voices - Environmental Defense Fund - preserving the natural systems on which all life depends

• Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the ACLU - legal advocacy for individual liberty

• People's Blog for the Constitution - civil rights legal news

• Arguments - Democracy: A Journal of Ideas - articles by politicians and news journalists

Finance

• The Tabulation - The Concord Coalition - advocating generationally responsible fiscal policy

• POGO Blog - Project on Government Oversight - champions good government reforms

• Taxpayers for Common Sense - ensures that the federal government spends taxpayer dollars responsibly and operates within its means

Campaign Finance

• OpenSecrets Blog - candidates' campaign finance analyses

Elections

• Brennan Center for Justice - government reform legal news

• fairvote - electoral reforms advocacy

• Election Defense Alliance - United We Count - elections' analyses

Openness

• Sunlight Foundation - open government, transparency and technology news

• The FAS Blog - Federation of American Scientists (Secrecy News) - a think tank for the responsible use of technology and secrecy

• Deeplinks - Electronic Frontier Foundation - defending your rights in a digital world