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Posted by | June 21, 2023
Ace in the Hole: How a Coordinated Campaign Mobilized Local Organizing and Top-of-the-Ticket Momentum to Win Big in Chicago

In the fall of 2022, Black labor leader and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson was polling at just 3%, while Rahm Emanuel’s former campaign manager had just launched a super...

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Posted by | May 24, 2023
All of U.S.: Organizing to Confront White Christian Nationalism and Build a Pro-Democracy Society

White Christian nationalists and a broader authoritarian movement are mounting a visionary, well-resourced and strategically coordinated effort to ensure white Christians maintain their ongoing dominance in all sectors of U.S....

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Posted by | May 11, 2023
Protecting the Right to Protest and Voice Dissent

Over recent years, we have seen an escalation of the effort to criminalize and silence protest, dissent and critical advocacy. This shrinking of civil society space, driven by right wing...

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Posted by | April 25, 2023
No Budget? No Problem! Using Free Data & Tools to Shape the Bills You Care About

Government relations, nonprofit and advocacy teams are chronically underfunded and overworked. A shortage of both funding and bandwidth requires creative, low-cost solutions to keep track of the things that matter....

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Letters, Digital Ads and Ballot Guides: Things That Worked (And Didn’t) to Protect Democracy Downballot in 2022

After a decade of watching conservatives dominate downballot races, 2022 was a turning point. We flipped state legislatures, won governorships and won key ballot initiatives. We even defeated every single...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Building Latino Communities: Say Goodbye to the One-Size-Fits-All Approach

More and more organizations and causes are realizing that they need to build strong Latino communities to make progress on shared goals—but they aren’t sure what a successful partnership looks...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Fighting the Campus Right: How to Organize Against Racist, Homophobic Activists

The right-wing youth ecosystem has long excelled at organizing collectively; messaging uniformly and training, training, training young activists—particularly on college campuses. Yes, their ideas are dangerous, radical and anti-democratic. But...

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Posted by | April 18, 2023
Seeing Sexwork Within and Connected to Our Movements for Justice and Equity

Many movements rely on the experience, energy and leadership of individuals with past and present sex trade experience. Yet, sex worker voices are often maligned or silenced in these same...

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