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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / August 13, 2018
Keeping Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court is an essential fight for progressives
When this squalid period in American history is over, those who enabled a mendacious, bigoted, traitorous President will have a lot to account for. But many of those who enable him do it because they are in striking distance of an accomplishment ...
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Progressive Movement News / May 5, 2017
Katherine Storch Joins the Brennan Center
After nearly five years with the DA, Strategy and Planning Manager Katherine Storch has accepted a new position as Director of Foundation Relations at the Brennan Center for Justice. Katherine has been an indispensable member of the DA team, ...
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Progressive Movement News / May 3, 2017
“Give ‘Em Hell” – CPD Launches Campaign Against “Corporate Backers of Hate”
The Center for Popular Democracy’s latest pressure campaign targets corporations “standing by the President and… positioning themselves to profit from his hateful agenda.” With direct action, social media pressure, and other efforts, they’ll ...
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Progressive Movement News / April 29, 2017
News Roundup, April 29
Smart investments: for a party looking to build in a progressive direction, for lifting the wages of millions of workers, and for reforming money in politics. In contrast to these bold, forward-looking plans: a rundown of 100 ways, in 100 days, ...
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Progressive Movement News / March 15, 2017
News Roundup, March 15
How to fix a broken Electoral College; what the Democratic Party should (and shouldn’t) do next); delving into Trump’s baseless allegations of voter fraud; and sci-fi lessons for movement organizing. How to Make the Electoral College ...
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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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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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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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Progressive Movement News / December 2, 2016
ThinkProgress Launches Project Tracking Hate Incidents Since Election Day
It’s clear to anyone following the news that hate incidents have spiked ever since Donald Trump was elected President – and that many of these acts have been explicitly made in our President-elect’s name. Now, ThinkProgress is documenting it, ...
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