Salt Tab · Problems & Solutions
The problems worth solving, and what solves them.
Each tile pairs a real problem in the civic-information landscape with a concrete solution. Open one to see the full plan, the data behind it, and how it gets executed — then help us sharpen it or start building.
IdeaImplementationExecutionhow far along the work is
Problems and solutions
DistributionExecution
Problem
Trustworthy information does not reach large parts of Black America. Misinformation gets there first, and web-and-video-only channels skip rural and older communities entirely.
The Switchboard
A standing channel to reach Black America — all of it. One message, relayed through the churches, chapters, campuses, Black press, and radio our culture already trusts, on three rails (owned, aggregators, last-mile). ~90% reach in about two weeks, from big cities to the rural Black Belt and the Mississippi Delta.
~49M reach~90% in ~2 weeks85+ orgs mappedFor our culture
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Wealth & landIdea
Problem
The racial wealth gap doesn’t close because wealth is inherited — and for the descendants of American slavery, that inheritance was broken by law: ~90% of Black farmland lost, roughly $326B in land value gone.
Keep the Land
A lineage-based plan to protect inherited land and homes from the taxes and legal traps — forced partition sales, property-tax spikes — that strip them before they reach the next generation. It doesn’t cut a check; it stops the leak, so families keep and pass down what they hold.
~6× wealth gap~90% farmland lost$326B land value goneLineage, not race
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VerificationIdea
Problem
A viral claim spreads locally faster than anyone can check it, and the correction never catches up to the rumor.
Rapid-response brief
A short, sourced explainer template that ships within hours of a claim going viral, built to travel through the same channels the rumor used.
Pattern only
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TransparencyImplementation
Problem
Local government meetings and votes are public but effectively opaque, so most people never learn what was decided.
Meeting decoder
A one-page, plain-language breakdown of each meeting: what was on the agenda, what changed, who voted how, and the source documents.
Raw material in hand
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