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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / February 26, 2017
Progressives Must Mobilize and Persuade – And Get Better at Each
The 2016 election is more than three months past, and we are living each day with its apocalyptic consequences. We need to fight Trump and what he stands for on multiple fronts. We need to fight the Muslim ban, the global gag order, a border ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / February 20, 2017
Trump and Us, One Month and Counting
Though it seems to many of us like it’s being measured in dog years, the Trump Presidency is just one month old, today. Though Donald Trump in office has proved every bit as appalling as his campaign warned us he would be, he’s faced many more ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / January 4, 2017
Inequality and Privilege
Sitting down for a quick talk as part of the Ford Foundation’s “Ford Forums” video series on inequality, Gara LaMarche talks about being an angry white man – and what it is that makes him angry.
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Progressive Movement News / December 16, 2016
News Roundup – Dec. 16
Inside Philanthropy reports on the progressive donor response to the Trump presidency; Issue One focuses on what it would take to really “drain the swamp”; Economic Policy Institute addresses the consequences of part-time work; and ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / December 16, 2016
The Next Elections Will Determine This Country’s Future. We Need to Start Working on Them Yesterday.
“Right-wing extremists now have virtually total control of state and federal offices in 30 states.” Progressives are mobilizing to resist the many assaults – on democracy, human rights, the safety net, the environment, and diplomacy ...
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Progressive Movement News / December 14, 2016
ACS Marshals Legal Experts to Lean on Trump
The American Constitution Society is organizing legal experts to speak out on many of Donald Trump’s unconstitutional campaign promises, extremist cabinet choices, and glaring conflicts of interest. In an open letter published Tuesday, they ...
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Progressive Movement News / December 14, 2016
Media Matters’ Next President
The watchdog group Media Matters for America is entering a “new era,” with plans to bring increasing focus to tracking and exposing sources of “fake news” and far-right conspiracy theories. The shift is accompanied by a changing of the guard, ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / December 13, 2016
The Coming Fights of Our Lives, and How to Think about Them
The early steps of what will become the Trump Administration have obliterated any doubt that it will be the most extremist in American history, with devastating consequences for working families, communities of color, the safety of our water, ...
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Progressive Movement News / December 5, 2016
News Roundup – Dec. 5
In the wake of the election, progressive leaders – including the heads of many DA-recommended organizations – answer the question “what next?” Responses cover the electoral college, the looming Medicare fight, refocusing ...
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