Josh Nelson is a blogger, activist and new media consultant. We're pleased to host his commentary here on the blog. -- the editors Read More

We're pleased to offer this guest post by Lauren Donia, a graduate student at American University affiliated with that school's Center for Social Media. The original post is here. -- the editors Read More

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We are happy to announce and would like to invite you to the second in a series of seminars we have begun with Baruch College’s Center for Non-Profit Strategy and Management, focusing on how technology is changing ... Read More

National Broadband Workshop Reimagines 21st Century Citizenship The enduring lesson from yesterday morning's workshop on the Federal Communication Commission's National Broadband Plan? Americans need accessible, ... Read More

OFA Challenges List to Counter "Special Interests" During August Health Care Battle On the difficult question of is it astroturf?, Organizing for America has its take. The field arm of the Democratic National Committee ... Read More

Is "Astroturfing" Dead? The question arises in the context of the disruptions of and protests outside townhalls on health care, captured in videos that we highlighted yesterday. Here's a case where the political and ... Read More

Townhall Showdowns Are Being Caught on YouTube, But to Whose Benefit? If you've been watching the YouTube videos floating around of elected officials like Lloyd Doggett or Arlen Specter or Tim Bishop getting shouted ... Read More

Birthers of a Nation: How the Obama "Birth Certificate" Issue is Playing Online The news that American Southerners are the most likely to question whether President Obama is actually a native-born citizen got a lot of ... Read More

Faces of Health Care Reform: Inside Organizing for America's Ground Game Last week, we floated the idea that what Organizing for America was doing in collecting personal health care narratives from supporters amounted ... Read More