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James Talarico doesn’t walk alone
Profiles in Heterodoxy is a new column from our team at Searchlight identifying candidates who make clear choices to appeal to voters who, otherwise, might not vote for a Democrat.
Importantly, we’re interested in highlighting figures from...
Don’t turn over trans sports to Sophie Cunningham
Sophie Cunningham playing in a 2026 game with the Indiana Fever (Image Credit: John Mac Flikr)
Mara Keisling is an American transgender rights advocate and senior fellow at the Searchlight Institute. She was the founder and executive direc...
Rob Sand is trying to reach Republicans
Primary season is thankfully almost over. That means in many states, it’s time for candidates to make the critical pivot to the general election. For a Democrat to win voters in states like Michigan, Texas, or Iowa, they need to expand thei...
What’s different about the Left
Bernie Sanders is returning to his economic populist roots. (Image source: Shutterstock)
Earlier this month, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dropped a political grenade when she remarked that “Woke 1.0 was crazy.”
Now, what exactl...
Another expensive, unnecessary monument to Trump’s vanity
Today’s article is from Blas Nuñez-Neto, a Searchlight Senior Fellow and former Biden administration assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security, and Daniel Delgado, a Searchlight Senior Fell...
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Disrupt rigidity. Think Big. Spark a Realignment.
Communications Director at the Searchlight Institute
Editor at the Searchlight Institute
data nerd in politics, I can also be found @charlotteeffect on Twitter and bluesky
Senior Fellow, Searchlight Institute; Fellow, Watson School at Brown University's Watson School; Author, "Why Nothing Work: Who Killed Progress--And How to Bring It Back."
Blas has been working for more than 20 years on homeland security, immigration, border, and trade issues. He has served in senior roles at the White House, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Homeland Security.
University of Michigan Law Professor, former Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Whitmer
Writing about unemployment insurance, labor markets, and how public programs actually work for the people using them.
VP @ Searchlight Institute | Senate Snob™ | Cynically Happy Warrior
President and Founder at the Searchlight Institute | Author of KILL SWITCH and SUPERMAJORITY coming soon from W. W. Norton
Mara Keisling is a Senior Fellow at Searchlight. She has spent over 30 years as a trans activist including almost 20 as the Founding Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Immigration Nerd. Policy Wonk. Coffee Enthusiast. Senior Fellow @ the Searchlight Institute. Former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy.
Senior Fellow at Searchlight Institute focusing on health care. Former health policy director for Senate HELP Committee.
Mainer at Tufts studying politics.
Tax Policy (and sometimes trade) at Searchlight Institute
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