Online Organizing

With Barack Obama and Hillary locked in a close contest in Texas, both candidates are going to have to pull out all the stops to get the most boots on...

Call it a movement (if you're a believer), or mass delusion (if you're a cynic), or crowdsourcing (if you're a geek). What we're learning is that while average candidates stand on their platforms, leaders become a platform for supporters to stand upon.

As various advocacy groups head to Facebook to organize and recruit members, the platform's deficiencies are being exposed. Is it prepared to facilitate these sorts of connections?

It would have been unimaginable as recently as the last presidential election that local nonprofits would have taken an active role in the primary process. This time, they're using new media to capture their interactions and share them with the nonprofit community and beyond.

The Florida Progressive Coalition, an alliance of liberal groups, endorsed John Edwards Wednesday evening following a deliberation process that took p...

While traditional media outlets excel in wordiness during election season, one social media outlet proudly flaunts its brevity. Twitter is a free "mic...