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The counting of ballots is a very strenuous and hilarious job in Sierra Leone.

Our IREX fellow, Radu Oprea founded the following system of civic engagement. His method is undergoing beta testing in Romania, France, Greece, and Italy. In Romania it has two major success stories. The SMART Method of Public Policy is a method of participation that combines civic engagement with policy making, in a mixed participatory approach. It [...]

The prison industrial complex issue stretches beyond U.S. borders, to Britain and Australia, among others. And it’s got ALEC written all over it.

The people are fed-up with their leaders because of the widespread corruption and the inability of the government to curb this menace. They are inaccessible in most cases and are basically out of touch with their people.

Common Cause International and its partners are looking at ways we can work with the Roma population of Eastern Europe in order to give them their voice in the political process. The Roma people, often referred to as Gypsies, are concentrated mainly in Eastern Europe but there are large populations in Western Europe as well. [...]