LittleSis (the opposite of Big Brother) is a free wiki database detailing the connections between powerful people and organizations. The site functions like an involuntary facebook of powerful people, collaboratively edited by a community of researchers. It brings transparency to influential social networks by tracking the key relationships of business leaders, politicians, lobbyists, financiers, and their affiliated institutions.
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PAI projects support power research by a broader community of activists, journalists, and other researchers interested in investigating and challenging corporate power.
Map The Power
Map the Power is a project to train and support activists and organizers interested in carrying out power research. We aim to build a network of activist-researchers capable of doing strategic, investigative research that strengthens organizing and creative resistance, helping to challenge the most powerful individuals, corporations, and organizations in our society.
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Eyes on the Ties is the online news site of Public Accountability Initiative & LittleSis. We publish material that relates to our mission of bringing more transparency to the role that corporate power plays in shaping public policy. In addition to a steady stream of our latest findings on corruption and cronyism at the intersection of business and politics, we also post material that connects broadly to the topic of power research: interviews with muckrakers and organizers, reports on actions and trainings, and sketches and reflections on power research in history.
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