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It's Still A Dirt Road
There is a growing distance between the political rhetoric and voters’ lived experience.
Apr 14
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When Survival Became a Personal Failure
When did a failure to lead become the American people’s fault?
Mar 30
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Governing from the Minority
Here’s the thing most people don’t understand about power in Washington: it doesn’t disappear when you lose the majority.
Mar 23
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Why Progressive Infrastructure Dies on Election Night
In Democratic politics, we have gotten very good at building energy and very bad at keeping it alive.
Mar 16
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The Pipeline Is The Strategy
If we care about who governs, we have to care about how leaders are developed long before their names ever appear on a ballot.
Mar 9
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Show Me A Hero
When news broke that the United States and Israel had launched a major military operation in Iran, the first instinct for many Americans was to look for…
Mar 2
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The Road Back to a Majority, Part 2
When I wrote Part 1 in August, I said 2026 was beginning to resemble 2006. Since then, the intensity of those conditions has grown.
Feb 23
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Anger is Not Strength
Young men are angry, and our politics has decided to meet that moment by fanning the flames and emphasizing a narrow definition of strength.
Feb 16
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There Can Only Be One
When we discuss Black leadership in this country, there’s an assumption that we never question. It’s rarely stated outright, but it shapes coverage…
Feb 9
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A Crumb Is Not a Strategy
Despite near-universal agreement that Black outreach is “important,” it follows the same predictable pattern that produces the same lackluster results.
Feb 2
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Leadership, Kindness, and Cynicism
Leadership requires holding anger and hope in the same hand without dropping either. That’s harder than it sounds.
Jan 26
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When ‘Electability’ Is the Excuse
We say “Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party.” But there’s also an unspoken rule that comes with it. The praise is fine. The power is…
Jan 18
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