by Sulma Arias | Jan 16, 2023 | Blog, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Future of Work
As a community organizer, I often imagine what it would have been like to march with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and win the Voting Rights Act. I always find inspiration in Dr. King’s words, especially this passage from his final book, Where Do We Go From Here? “Let...
by Bryce Oates | Dec 7, 2022 | Democracy, Featured
The 2022 midterms were full of surprises to many political pundits, analysts, and consultants. A popular narrative predicting a massive Republican wave election turned out to be wrong, with Democrats retaining the U.S. Senate and performing stronger than expected in...
by Sulma Arias and Marta Popadiak | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
"Together, we will create new ways that people can engage in all parts of public life so that we can equally get to imagine and shape the structures in which we live." - People's Action Long-Term Agenda The 2022 midterm elections are historic not only because they...
by Sulma Arias | Nov 3, 2022 | Democracy, Election, Featured
Photo credit: Vickie D. King, Mississippi Today (CC) LEA EN ESPANOL The right’s decades-old strategy to divide voters has taken a dangerous turn. What can bring us back together? It’s said a frog will sit calmly in warming water until it boils. Will we do the same?...
by Sulma Arias | Sep 19, 2022 | Biden, Democracy, Election, Featured
LEA EN ESPANOL Earlier this month, President Biden asked us to “save the soul of America” in a speech he gave at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. “The soul of America is defined by the sacred proposition that all are created equal,” Biden said. “All are entitled to...
by Sulma Arias | Aug 5, 2022 | Blog, Democracy, Featured
LEA EN ESPANOL LISTEN TO THE PODCAST “It’s got to be about how we are creating opportunities for folks on the ground to build their power. Because that is the only thing that we are about.” - Bill Przylucki, GroundGameLA The movement for racial and economic justice in...
