SYSTEMS & SOCIETY
The structures we inherit and the ones we create
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 9: All Things Third Spaces
Third spaces: where we gather and cultivate coalition, community and friendship.
How Male ‘Loneliness’ Became a Market for Digital Exploitation
The Making of Deepfake Abuse—and the Lonely Men Behind It.
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 8: Mental Health and Community Impact
Mental health and community, loneliness and connection and building support and resilience.
Inside the Tech Stack Keeping Deepfake Abuse Profitable
How platforms, advertisers and tech infrastructure providers profit from non-consensual sexual imagery while avoiding direct accountability.
The Financial Class Could Easily Alleviate the Housing Crisis. Why Aren’t They?
The Price Gap Agreement is a new proposal that leverages existing financial instruments to get outpriced buyers into homes. It begs the question: why aren’t we already doing this?
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 7: Alternative Forms of Defiance
Mutual aid, general strikes, digital activism and community organizing as alternative forms of nonviolent resistance.
From Assimilation to Ownership: How Dani Tan Rewrote the Rules of Success
Former corporate VP Dani Tan shares how navigating power, identity, and ambition led her to coach women of color toward ownership, clarity, and career authorship.
The Mirror We Built: What AI Learns When It Learns From Us
What a machine trained on humanity reveals about the future of power.
The Forecast Looks Grim, You Should Step Forward Anyway
When our systems feel unstable, the most immediate form of power is local participation, showing up in the places where you live, work and share responsibility.
Scaling Harm: Platforms, Profits and the Rise of AI Sexual Abuse
How AI image tools, platform design and global distribution networks have enabled non-consensual sexual imagery to scale faster than enforcement.
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 6: Engaging in Community
Different ways to build and engage in community.
From Banking to Breadcrumbs: Kevin Howard on Finding Clarity in a Complicated System
One Banker’s Effort to Turn a Lifetime Inside Finance Into Insight, Guidance and a Clearer Picture for Those Who Follow.
Why School Feels Disconnected for So Many Children and Teachers—And How to Fix It
How Indigenous history and somatic learning offer a framework for rebuilding how children experience school.
The Citizens' Revival Is Already Happening (And This Is What It Looks Like)
A love letter to the builders, neighbors and quiet revolutionaries who are stitching a new world into being, right where they stand.
After the Earthquake, Haiti Asked for Work. Deux Mains Founder Julie Colombino-Billingham Responded
How Sustainable Fashion Brand Deux Mains Is Reimagining the Meaning of ‘Made to Last’.
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 5: “New” Political Strategies
Rank choice voting, the national popular vote compact and anti-corruption laws.
Every Billion Elon Musk Adds to His Wealth Is An Insult to All of Us
The tech-fraud’s endlessly growing lump of monopoly money is a case study for why Western institutions are in terminal collapse.
The Backyard Begins It: How Ordinary Spaces Become Civic Engines
As trust in institutions declines, civic engagement is rebuilding through backyard gatherings and neighbor networks.
Civic Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 4: Defining Modern Progress
Civic Discourse Host Tripp Gomez is joined by a group of panelists to discuss what modern progress looks like.
The Illusion Economy: What Layoffs, Black Friday and AI Have in Common
A look at the growing gap between economics, business + tech headlines and the everyday experience.
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