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Drinking from History’s Firehose This Week
If you’re trying to pay attention to the big trends and events currently convulsing governments and societies around the globe, you’re probably agog and overwhelmed right now. I know I am!
Consider: France just went through a second weeken...
Why Talarico Could be the Mamdani of 2026
If Texas state representative James Talarico wins his uphill fight to become the state’s first Democratic senator in 33 years, we should all pay attention. He may well be to 2026 what Zohran Mamdani was to 2025: the most impressive new poli...
Independents, Double-Haters, & Third-Parties
A lot of Americans are angrier than usual about politics as usual. According to a recent Wall Street Journal national poll, 21% of registered voters hold an unfavorable view of both parties. That’s significantly higher than the 13% who said...
Where Do We Meet Each Other?
As I noted here two weeks ago, since April I’ve been scraping data from Mobilize.us’s public API, capturing every event listed on the platform. I’ve already written about what the cumulative data shows about how we are mobilizing as electio...
The Starfish and the Sandcastle: When A Community Organizer Goes to Congress
Last week, I saw Will Lawrence, one of the co-founders of the Sunrise Movement who is now the Democratic nominee for the 7th congressional district in Michigan, at a private fundraiser for him in Manhattan. An unabashed progressive, Will is...
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