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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 22, 2016
The DA’s 2020 State Funds: Spring Updates
Nearly a year ago, the Democracy Alliance released its 2020 Vision Investment Portfolio, a collection of organizations and efforts that not only comprise a robust “progressive infrastructure” but whose work, taken together, has the potential to ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 22, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The State Engagement Initiative
The contrast between red and blue states could not be more clear. On Democracy: Arizona dramatically cut its number of polling places in Maricopa County, requiring many of the states’ Latino residents to wait up to five hours to cast a ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 21, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The New American Majority Funds
Although there is much about the 2016 election that is defying conventional wisdom, we know some things for sure, namely that the 2016 electorate will be the most diverse in history, with nearly 1 in 3 voters being a person of color. In many of ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 20, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The Climate Fund
Last week, the New York Times reported that new models are predicting that the West Antarctic ice sheet could disintegrate within decades, causing sea levels to rise by six feet by 2100, drowning coastlines and destroying major cities such as ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 19, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The Democracy Fund
Over the course of the last year, the Democracy Alliance has solidified its funding strategy for countering the Right’s voter suppression efforts. Under the guidance of our new Democracy Fund’s Advisory Board, we have consulted with leading ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 18, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The Inclusive Economy Fund
The Democracy Alliance, through our new Inclusive Economy Fund (IEF), has doubled down on support for local economic campaigns. In less than a year, we formed an Advisory Board, crafted a funding strategy, consulted with dozens of experts and ...
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From The President / April 11, 2016
Opening Remarks of the DA Spring Conference
On April 10, President Gara LaMarche kicked off the Democracy Alliance’s Spring 2016 Conference in Santa Monica, CA with the following remarks.
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Progressive Movement News / March 20, 2016
Fusion Spotlights Roosevelt Institute Staff, Other Young Progressives for “The 30”
Fusion Network is recognizing the outstanding work of 30 young women impacting the 2016 election this month, and Joelle Gamble and Taylor Jo Isenberg of the Roosevelt Institute are on the list.
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From The President / March 9, 2016
The Poisoning of Flint is a Failure of Democracy, and Democracy is the Only Real Remedy
The public health, civil rights and political crisis in Flint, Michigan was spotlighted again by the debate between Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders that took place there Sunday night. Flint may seem an extreme example of the toll taken by ...
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