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It's all civics & fun. Girls and boys study government, run for office, vote and convene a mock session of Congress to pass a bill.Camp Congress for Youth Albany NY 2025 is a leadership program that introduces girls and boys to the United States political system. Camp begins with a lesson on the structure of […]

Strategic futurist Jason Tester pioneered "speculative journalism"—rigorous, researched reporting on high-probability high-stakes futures.When the news moves faster than we can process it, how do we grasp what any of it actually means for our lives? Strategic futurist Jason Tester has pioneered an answer: "speculative journalism"—rigorous, researched reporting on high-probability high-stakes futures before they materialize. The […]

.For more than two years, Sudan has been in the throes of a violent civil war following attempted civil-military rule. Fighting has been intense between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group with origins in the Janjaweed militia that was previously accused of atrocities in the war-ravaged Darfur region.The war […]

This book explains how 20th century "representative democracy" changed into 21st century "direct democracy" in Europe. NYC also just changedIf you have noticed that smartphones have radically changed our social activity over the last two decades, do you think that smartphones have radically changed our political activity as well? Francois Brochet does. In Smartphone Democracy, […]