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Beyond the March

How We Can Build a Successful Progressive Movement

By Samuel Miller McDonald
January 27, 2017

A new wave of civic engagement is sweeping through the country. How best can activists channel this energy into a successful progressive movement? The most effective way may be to rebuild the Democratic Party from the ground up.

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(The Beginnings of a) Digital Campaigner Manifesto

How to not do useless and/or stupid things online

By Matt Maiorana
January 26, 2017

The power of digital platforms is immense, but they come with risks. As digital campaigners we need to be hyper-aware of our blind spots and what sort of digital cultures we’re creating.

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Comfort Is No Friend in Desperate Moments

By Samuel Miller McDonald
November 9, 2016

I see a lot of people posting about the hard work ahead. It’s true, it will be a rough road. But let’s be real about what that hard work means. Make no mistake, none of the strategies employed by the professional advocacy world of the last forty years will suffice to meet the challenges ahead.

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Beyond Trump and Clinton

Local and State elections are just as important to the country's future.

By Christina Stone
October 3, 2016

I am not going to tell you who to vote for and I’m not going to enumerate reasons why one candidate is better than any other; it wouldn’t matter if I did. Instead, I would like to draw your attention to the elections that could matter a heck of a lot more: state and local elections.

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Energy Equality

How our energy sources determine equality.

By Samuel Miller McDonald
July 11, 2016

Quick: what are the most important factors driving wealth inequality? If you said tax policy, corporate pillaging, corruption, and neoliberal globalization, you’re right! But also missing a big one: energy. As Stanford professor Ian Morris argues in Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels, the way in which a society captures energy from the environment has a […]

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