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Every week, one question. Every answer indexed by location and age. After 52 weeks: a human-sourced reference covering every major issue. Every claim traceable to a verified human.

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41Countries
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Week 3Active
147 responses28 countries

What is one thing your government wastes money on that everyone in your community knows about but nobody talks about?

#1
@truthseekerOhio, US

The county built a $4.2 million 'innovation center' that's been empty for three years. Everyone drives past it. Nobody mentions it at town halls...

#2
@bridgebuilderSão Paulo, BR

We have a bus rapid transit line that runs empty buses on a route nobody requested. The contract was signed by a mayor who is now in prison...

#3
@quietobserverManchester, UK

The NHS spends £340 million annually on management consultants. That's not a secret — it's in the public accounts. But somehow it never becomes a campaign issue...

Week 2
203 responses34 countries

What is one thing you were taught in school that you later discovered was misleading or incomplete?

#1
@historian42Atlanta, US

That the Civil War was about 'states' rights.' The declarations of secession literally name slavery in the first paragraph...

#2
@factcheckerBerlin, DE

That the Weimar Republic 'failed because of hyperinflation.' The actual story is far more complex and far more relevant to today...

#3
@cleareyedkidLagos, NG

That colonialism 'brought development.' They taught us to be grateful for the railroads. The railroads went from the mines to the ports...

Week 1◆ Team Week
312 responses41 countries

What is the most important problem in your community that nobody with power is trying to fix?

#1
@groundlevelDetroit, US

Water infrastructure. Not Flint — everywhere. The pipes under my street are from 1948. The city knows. They've known for decades...

#2
@mountainviewMedellín, CO

Youth unemployment in the comunas. The official number is 18%. The real number — the one that counts people who stopped looking — is closer to 40%...

#3
@nightshiftOsaka, JP

Elder isolation. 68,000 people died alone in Japan last year. The government's response was a pamphlet...