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Democracy Alliance Blog / October 10, 2025
Statement from the Democracy Alliance in response to news that the Department of Justice has criminally charged New York Attorney General Letitia James
N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James is a leader with deep integrity, courage, and an unflinching commitment to justice. This indictment is about political retribution, pure and simple. It is the latest move by this administration to punish ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / September 25, 2025
Democracy Alliance Statement
September 25, 2025 Amid today’s reports of politically motivated attacks on Open Society Foundations, the Democracy Alliance issued the following statement: The reported efforts by the Department of Justice to draft plans to investigate the Open ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / June 3, 2025
DA Spring Conference Opening Remarks from Pamela Shifman
Democracy Alliance President Pamela ShifmanOpening Remarks — DA Spring Conference 2025 June 2, 2025 Community, this moment calls us to bring many things to the table. The most important of all is courage. I will never forget being at a ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / May 5, 2025
‘We Have Power Together’: Three Social Change Leaders On Solidarity And What We Can Learn From History As We Build A More Equitable Future
By Marianne Schnall, Contributor. Originally ran in Forbes: May 5, 2025 Reflecting on the historic figures and events that have advanced rights and freedoms in the U.S. can be a meaningful source of inspiration for today’s leaders who are ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / April 9, 2025
‘What did each of us do?’ A call for bravery—and boldness
Solidarity is how we win. Last month, the Democracy Alliance – a network of foundations, individual donors, and unions – took the first trip of its kind for our community, gathering in Alabama to mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. With ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / March 28, 2025
Trump Isn’t Defending Women. Women Are.
By Fatima Goss Graves and Pamela Shifman As Donald Trump canceled $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania earlier this month over their policy around transgender women in sports, it could not be clearer that he is not ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / February 20, 2025
The fight for racial justice is the fight for democracy
A letter to DA Partners from President Pamela ShifmanFebruary 2025 Just as we mark Black History Month, we have received sad news. Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson, who inspired so many of us with his powerful words at our 2023 conference in North ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / December 18, 2024
Winning the House in 2026
The following article ran on CNN.com on December 17, 2024: Liberal donor network charts plan to seize House in 2026 The leaders of the Democracy Alliance – a powerful network of liberal donors – will prioritize flipping control of the US House ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / November 4, 2024
It’s Not Just Swing States That Decide on Election Day
Old thinking about red and blue states leaves us one election from catastrophe. Originally appeared in U.S. News & World Report By Pamela Shifman Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign raised a record-setting $1 billion in the third quarter ...
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