Transparency, Research & Analytics for Civic Empowerment

AI-powered civic intelligence that can disaggregate data

Built by the United Sons and Daughters of Freedmen for the 30+ million Americans overlooked in aggregate data.

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The Problem

30+ million Americans are
statistically invisible.

0M+

Americans unseen in aggregate reporting

0x

incarceration disparity hidden

~$0

median wealth invisible in federal data

The Platform

Three Engines. One Mission.

Each engine operates independently and feeds into Mr. Freedman — the human interface to civic intelligence.

Observatory

AI-Powered Data Disaggregation

Automated statistical modeling that reveals what aggregate data hides. Government datasets transformed into Freedmen-specific insights.

Watchpost

Real-Time Narrative Monitoring

Detect disinformation, classify claims, and deploy AI fact-checkers where misinformation spreads.

Mr. Freedman

The Human Interface

Ask questions, verify claims, generate testimony — powered by all TRACE engines and a comprehensive knowledge base.

Open Infrastructure — On the Roadmap

Being Built for Developers, Agents, and Newsrooms

TRACE is being built so researchers, newsrooms, and AI agents can reach this work directly — through an API, an MCP server, a CLI, and a fact-checking bot. Here is where that is headed.

REST API

Planned

Programmatic access to disaggregated data

GET /observatory/data?state=MA&metric=wealth

MCP Server

Planned

Model Context Protocol for AI agents

Connect any AI application to TRACE intelligence

CLI

Planned

Command-line fact-checking and data queries

trace verify "The 13th Amendment abolished all slavery"

@MrFreedman Bot

Planned

Social media counter-disinformation

Fact-checks in the threads where disinformation lives
Est. 2020501(c)(3)Featured in AP NewsMA H.43515+ Years of Impact

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