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Posted by | May 7, 2015
Progressives’ Role in the 2016 Primary Debate

Join us for a conversation about the best interventions that progressives can make in the 2016 primary debates—on both the Democratic and Republican sides. How can we leverage our power...

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Posted by | May 7, 2015
Organizing Workers in the New Economy

The decline of unions has been a major factor in the rise of income inequality. Yet we cannot look to old tools to rebuild worker power. In the new economy,...

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Posted by | May 5, 2015
#AskaSista: Black Women Muse on Politics and Pop Culture

Ella Baker’s practice of “participatory democracy” has shaped grassroots organizing models from SNCC to #Occupy to #BlackLivesMatter. The “Fannie Lou Dems” are organizing in #Ferguson, Loretta Lynch has replaced Eric...

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Posted by | May 5, 2015
Beyond “Diversity”: A New Model for Solidarity Across Causes and Identities

"Allyship" and "diversity" have become progressive buzzwords, yet we still face an unbearable whiteness in liberal media and great racial and gender-based schisms within our movement. This panel will focus...

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Posted by | May 5, 2015
Who’s Got the Power? Moving a Women’s Economic Empowerment Agenda Forward

A women's economic empowerment policy agenda is a hot topic inside the Beltway this year, with leaders jumping on the bandwagon. So far, too few people are talking about these...

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Posted by | June 24, 2014
Campaigning Down Under: Three Case-Studies That Will Make You Go “Crikey”

Australians may 'speak funny', have compulsory voting, and recently elected the "Motor Sports Enthusiast Party" to our Federal Parliament. But we also have plenty of lessons and creative tactics to...

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Posted by | June 20, 2014
Underwriting Good Jobs

As the largest purchaser of goods and services in the country, the federal government is also the nation’s biggest low-wage job creator. But it doesn’t have to be this way....

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Posted by | June 4, 2014
Corporate Welfare and Tax Loopholes vs. Public Services: Who’s Winning?

Cuts to education, transit, housing, food assistance, public safety, infrastructure, and pensions are driving the political debate in communities as across the country as politicians claim that government spends too...

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Posted by | June 2, 2014
A Fresh Perspective: Lessons From a Crazy Congress

From endless Obamacare repeal votes to the IRS “scandal” to the disgusting politicization of Benghazi, the 113th Congress has been a sight to behold. Hear from two progressive Members of...

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Posted by | May 29, 2014
Can Technology Save Democracy?

We live in a world were technology has changed the political landscape for campaigns, but when it comes to voter turnout one could argue that it hasn't made much of...

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