Insights - Democracy Alliance

Michigan’s Senate Race Is a Testing Ground

We must counter fear and division with solidarity.

Gloria Steinem Never Lost Hope Or Purpose. Neither Can We.

Gloria didn’t believe that history’s pendulum automatically swings back on its own. It swings because people organize, build movements, and refuse to give up.

Abdul El-Sayed’s Win Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Embrace

We now have a window to turn the energy behind El-Sayed’s victory into lasting political power.

Funding the Defense of our Democracy: A Conversation with Pamela Shifman

Pamela Shifman joined Nathaniel G. Perlman's "The Great Battlefield" podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about her lifetime of activism, the values that ground...

Kendra Fox-Davis and Zakiya Johnson Lord: We are doubling down on the South

We caught up with DA Partners Kendra Fox-Davis of the Meadow Fund and Zakiya Johnson Lord of the Climate & Clean Energy Fund to talk about why they're investing in...

Solidarity with the Ohio Organizing Collaborative

June 15, 2026—The Democracy Alliance issued the following statement following reports that federal agents raided an office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative and...

How I learned a lesson about power

By Pamela Shifman, Democracy Alliance President Our friends at the Kataly Foundation recently launched the “F Word”, an honest and illuminating series about failure...

Charitable Platforms Have Empowered Trump’s Attack on Dissent

Originally published by Newsweek on May 19, 2026. By Pamela Shifman and Rajasvini Bhansali Last month, Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, and Charles...

Major Donors, Donor Networks, and Foundations Call on Fidelity, Vanguard, and Charles Schwab to Reverse Harmful Capitulation to Administration’s Politicized Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center

Today, the leaders of several of the nation’s largest philanthropic networks, foundations, and advisors along with individual donors issued the following message to...

SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act. This is a Crisis.

April 29,2026 The Democracy Alliance today issued the following statement: “Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais effectively dismantles Section 2 of...