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Canada’s Class I railroads CN and CPKC have joined BNSF in calling out the Union Pacific-Norfolk Sothern merger as a negative for the industry.

Feb 9, 2026 - Connect with Creative Commons at the 2026 AI Impact Summit to discuss the commons in the age of AI and interventions for the public interest.

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is Canada’s first and only public interest technology law clinic.

Apr 12, 2022

Sep 11, 2023 - Does your work Involve both technology and making the world a better place? You might be part of a growing field of Public Interest Technologists!

Jun 6, 2022 - Rapid Response & Innovation Fund For fifty years, VPIRG has been a bold leader in the fight to protect Vermont’s people, environment, and locally based...

Feb 10, 2025 - The 2024 election year began by highlighting fears of AI’s profound societal impact on information ecosystems and ended with post-election narratives...

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Oct 1, 2025 - We’re a people-powered organization and proud of it. Support from our members is critical for our ongoing work to promote and protect the health of...

DOGE slashed research for cancer. Its budget cure will make the disease worse.

Nov 18, 2025 - With Congress not yet holding any oversight hearings on independent agencies, Public Knowledge decided to hold its own.

Dec 4, 2025 - Aspen Digital is leveraging public interest AI benchmarking as a new way to give communities a voice in AI research priorities.

Jun 17, 2021 - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has begun the process of taking New Brunswick to court over its abortion restrictions by issuing a formal demand...

Oct 24, 2025 - We invited politicians, regulators and business workers to discuss crime and corruption in Guernsey’s financial industry – and whether it needs reform.

Mar 8, 2024 - ERIC Needs Transparency Most people have never heard of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). ERIC is a non-profit organization that examin ...

Nov 21, 2024 - Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae Memorandum in Support of Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae Amicus Curiae Brief Order Dismiss ...

Nov 25, 2025 - Protecting Your Vote and Preserving the Constitutional Framework of American Elections

Oct 1, 2025 - Contact Us Contact Info Phone: 802-223-5221 Email: vpirg@vpirg.org For questions about your membership dial extension 14 or email members@vpirg.org....

If we want to live in a world that is enhanced rather than oppressed by technology, we need to change its culture from one of opportunism to one in the public...

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Oct 3, 2025 - VPIRG Staff Paul Burns Abigail Sweet Alexis Drown Anna Seuberling Becca Mandigo Ben Hudson Ben Edgerly Walsh Elijah Kushen Jordan Heiden Joshua Ferguson...

Nov 3, 2025 - Lawsuit filed under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act to compel the release of records reflecting noncitizen registration and voting across P ...

Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services...

New brief from ITPI looks at the ways the Act could lay the groundwork for creeping privatization.

Oct 9, 2025

Oct 10, 2024 - Thanks to PILF’s litigation across the country, it is now a well-established precedent that the public has a right to inspect states’ voter rolls....

Public Interest Technology at Heinz College

Oct 9, 2024 - “In Clark County, people are registered to vote from strip clubs, casinos, gas stations and more crazy addresses where it appears no one could reasonably li...

Sep 20, 2025 - Case study on how Constructive partnered with The Legal Aid Society, one of America's most influential social justice law firms, on a rebranding and website...

Apr 30, 2021 - Freelancers can break into solutions journalism by shifting their perspective to evidence-based responses to social problems.

Nov 19, 2024 - Save Election Day Remember when Election Day used to be just that, a day? Now, it drags on for weeks. In 2022, it took 35 days for all the votes in federal ...

Theresa Züger is leading the Research Group Public Interest AI and the AI & Society Lab at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society.

An innovative partnership between lawyers for the ACLU of Massachusetts and public interest technologist Paola Villarreal resulted in the single largest...

Nov 7, 2025 - The summer door-to-door canvass has been at the heart of VPIRG’s work since 1985, the first year a small group of passionate young activists took to the...

Sep 3, 2019 - 1Those derogations should in particular apply to data transfers required and necessary for important reasons of public interest, for example in cases of...

Aug 30, 2023 - As PILF rightly argued, the Motor Voter law needs to be modified and updated. Its guarantees for greater transparency should be kept or even strengthened, a ...

Nov 21, 2024 - PILF filed a lawsuit in federal court against Brenda Snipes, the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, Florida, for failure to maintain accurate and cu ...

Jul 6, 2017 - The following is a statement from Citizen Lab Director, Ron Deibert, concerning a defamation suit recently filed, and then discontinued by Netsweeper against...

A report from In the Public Interest, the Network for Public Education, and the Partnership for the Future of Learning

Jul 31, 2025 - We are Vermont's voice. Our mission is to promote and protect the health of Vermont's people, environment, and locally-based economy by informing and...

Jan 13, 2025 - In 2002, the Internet Society created Public Interest Registry (PIR), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation to manage, enhance and expand the .org domain.

Nov 3, 2024 - Foreign Nationals Voting in American Elections Foreign nationals register to vote and cast ballots far more often than you would think. PILF has been docume ...

The New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism

Caitlin Dow (she/her/hers) writes for CSPI's flagship publication, Nutrition Action, addressing the evidence on the latest health trends. Caitlin reviews...

Jan 5, 2025 - Errors in America's Voter Rolls The most important election integrity document is the voter roll. It tells election officials who is eligible to vote. ...