Introducing Our New LittleSis Community Manager!
LittleSis has a new Community Manager to help keep our community up-to-date on the latest LittleSis tech, field bug fixes, and answer any questions in real-time!
Measuring “contagion” effect of political donations using LittleSis data
While the LittleSis website is a useful tool for researchers, academics, journalists, and activists to explore and map networks of powerful people and organizations, our data is available for anyone
All about that data
Well-tended profiles on LittleSis can be chock full of interesting and useful information, but where do you begin? A few months ago we rolled out a new tab designed to
Oligrapher updates: home page, interlocks, and more
We have some exciting updates to share about Oligrapher, the LittleSis power mapping tool. First, it has a brand new home page. Check out all of the amazing visualizations created
Introducing Oligrapher: power mapping on LittleSis
The Endless Chain A single example will illustrate the vicious circle of control–the endless chain–through which our financial oligarchy now operates: J.P. Morgan (or a partner), a director of the
NewsShift: Watchdog Journalism With a Long Tail
Every year for the past few years, Knight Foundation has conducted a News Challenge that awards about $5 million in funding to a selection of projects that Use digital open-source
New Ways to Follow the Money on LittleSis
Faithful readers may have noticed that a good chunk of our recent research has centered on analysis of campaign contributions made by various power players: Chicago 2016 Committee Gave More
LittleSis Goes Open Source: An Offering and an Invitation
As you may know, LittleSis is built entirely with open-source software, out of necessity as well as out of principle. Over the years the growing OSS movement has given budget-strapped
Democrats still fighting for public option
Sen. Chris Dodd says he and key Democratic leaders in the Senate haven’t given up on a public option yet. (Reuters) Health insurance CEOs are firing back against the Senate
Almost There! Only $115 to go on Bay Area Funding
After about six weeks of drawing interest, building new friendships, and researching our brains out, we’ve managed to collect 27 donations from organizations and individuals who are rallying behind the