"Connected Age gives power to people"
San Jose Mercury News
October 9, 2006
Senior Fellow Allison Fine demonstrates how the Connected Age has spurred millions of us to participate politically online every day. Gloriously untrained, we write our own online diaries, in essence producing our own daily op-ed columns. In the past several years, more than a million people have chosen to meet with perfect strangers about their passions through Meetup.com. It's time to turn this serendipity into a voting system that could deliver on the promise of this new century.

"Activists, Rejoice! We're All Connected Now"
AlterNet
October 6, 2006
Senior Fellow Allison Fine describes how in the click of a mouse we have traveled from an old century to a new one, from the Information Age to the Connected Age, from silent majorities to connected activism.

"Powering the Edges"
The Boston Globe
July 30, 2006
Senior Fellow Allison Fine illustrates how communities are pushing power to the edges through community empowerment endeavors, online strategies and more in an effort to push power out and share information--to participate, not dictate.