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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / November 7, 2018
Last Night Was a Big Step Toward Taking Our Democracy Back
First things first. With the future of our democracy in the balance, the American people took a very big step away from the divisive and destructive course our country has been on since the 2016 Election. We did what we had to do. Two years ago, ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / October 30, 2018
What Kind of Country Will We Be Living in After November 6?
As the midterm elections near, Donald Trump and much of the Republican party are doubling down on the dystopian fear-mongering that has come to define them — and may in time define our country, if Americans don’t rise up at the polls next week ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / October 4, 2018
Floodwaters Don’t Wash Racism Away
On the heels of Hurricane Florence, the Carolinas are still waiting for the floodwaters to recede. The storm unleashed historic winds and rain, leaving some places with feet of water and power outages that took days to restore. The human toll is ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / July 18, 2018
Can White Women Help Build a Progressive Future?
For decades, majorities of white women have voted with the GOP, but some are hoping to cross boundaries—and change politics. LISTEN: Democracy in Color Podcast — Political Writer Julie Kohler Has a Message for Her Fellow White Women This op-ed ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / June 27, 2018
This Is What Happens When the Right Steals The Supreme Court
By Gara LaMarche, Democracy Alliance President The Supreme Court ended its term this morning, and that’s a relief, because the damage it has done in the last few days alone has dealt a series of harsh blows to our basic rights. This is what ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / May 2, 2018
Why 2018 Might Not Be the Year of the Woman
This op-ed was written by Julie Kohler and Felicia Wong and originally appeared in The Nation. Twenty-five years from now, what will be said about the current surge of progressive women candidates? Right now, the momentum seems formidable, with ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / April 19, 2018
Charting the Course for Progressive Power
Democracy Alliance President Gara LaMarche delivered these remarks at DA Spring Conference in Atlanta, GA, on April 16, 2018. Welcome to the DA’s Spring Investment Conference. We meet in Atlanta, a key city of the South, and will hear from both ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / February 1, 2018
The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—and What to Do About It
By Julie Kohler – Senior Vice President, Strategy & Planning, Democracy Alliance “What’s wrong with white women?” has become a common refrain in progressive political circles. Majorities of white women cast ballots for Donald ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / January 22, 2018
One Year In, Resistance Spreads from the Streets to the Ballot Box
With all we’ve been through, it seems like an administration measured in dog years, but in fact this weekend we’ve survived just one year of Donald Trump — at least those of us not yet deprived of health care, exposed to greater risk by a gutted ...
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