We create vibrant communities online and empower people through the creative use of emerging technologies. Following on our progressive values, we believe that building authentic internet voices and the establishment of a vigorous open source community is critical to the functioning of our democracy.

Just as television fundamentally altered the balance of power in politics during the 1960s—taking it from local organizations and replacing it with mass media—we believe that, harnessed correctly, the internet can enliven debate and inspire ordinary Americans to reengage in their communities.