Open Rights — advocacy journal

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  <div class="utility">
    <span>INDEPENDENT IDEAS / PUBLIC INTEREST</span><a href="#issues">Explore the issues</a>
  </div>
  <header>
    <b>OPEN<br />RIGHTS</b>
    <p>A more open world<br />starts with an informed one.</p>
    <button id="change">Focus: public knowledge</button>
  </header>
  <nav id="issues">
    <span>ACCESS</span><span>KNOWLEDGE</span><span>COMMUNITY</span><span>RESEARCH</span>
  </nav>
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    <article class="lead" data-kind="knowledge">
      <span>THE BIG PICTURE / ESSAY</span>
      <h1>Who gets to<br />know what<br />comes next?</h1>
      <p>
        Public knowledge is a shared resource. A design study in making complicated questions
        approachable.
      </p>
      <a href="#briefs">Read the briefing ↓</a>
    </article>
    <aside id="briefs">
      <h2>On the record.</h2>
      <article data-kind="knowledge">
        <small>KNOWLEDGE</small>
        <h3>The library beyond the building</h3>
        <p>A conversation about open collections.</p>
      </article>
      <article data-kind="community">
        <small>COMMUNITY</small>
        <h3>A seat at the neighborhood table</h3>
        <p>Small structures that invite participation.</p>
      </article>
      <article data-kind="knowledge">
        <small>KNOWLEDGE</small>
        <h3>Better questions, clearer answers</h3>
        <p>Designing accessible public reports.</p>
      </article>
    </aside>
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