The Connector

Where Do We Meet Each Other?

We’re at the height of the election season, which is taking place in the context of profound loneliness and isolation in America. Is all our activism…

Oct 7 • Micah L. Sifry

13

7

6

September 2026

The Starfish and the Sandcastle: When A Community Organizer Goes to Congress

There’s a lively group of new leaders headed for Washington after November. Will they figure out how to sustain the local organizing that fueled their…

Sep 30 • Micah L. Sifry

11

5

5

How We’re Mobilizing as Election Day Approaches

The big picture as it surfaces via the organizing platform Mobilize.us. Plus why the anti-Flock upswelling gives privacy advocates fresh hope, and…

Sep 23 • Micah L. Sifry

16

7

4

How to Think About AI Without Losing Your Mind

Signposts I recommend, plus a quick guide to the six factions now competing to shape the public debate.

Sep 16 • Micah L. Sifry

39

6

13

Once More Unto the Breach

America’s pro-democracy movement is preparing for an election crisis that will take more than lawsuits and rallies to surmount. Will we be ready if and…

Sep 9 • Micah L. Sifry

30

9

8

Slouching into September

Things are about to get very bumpy.

Sep 2 • Micah L. Sifry

12

1

1

August 2026

Snapshots From Our Summer of Madness

You can’t make any of this stuff up anymore. Notes from Canada, Iran, Wyoming, California, the Supreme Court, Democratic fundraising, the data center…

Aug 25 • Micah L. Sifry

15

6

4

Ben Wikler on The Fight for Your Right to (a Strong) Party

If candidates are like cars and the party builds the roads on which candidates drive, then it’s long past time we paid more attention to party-building.

Aug 19 • Micah L. Sifry

23

3

5

Why We Need a Bigger Map

How the deep investment in year-round state-level organizing is paying dividends in one state, and why the old-fashioned "battleground" map isn't…

Aug 11 • Micah L. Sifry

36

1

13

July 2026

This Can't Wait: What it Will Take to Stop a 2026 Power Grab

An essential memo by a top progressive organizer is now public. Go read it. And get ready.

Jul 24 • Micah L. Sifry

79

8

47

With Millions Disaffected from Politics, An Answer Beckons: Belonging.

New research on "the disaffected electorate" and how to engage people in the long process of revitalizing civic life. Plus a quick take on the good news…

Jul 22 • Micah L. Sifry

51

11

21

Why the 3.5% Rule is the Wrong Metric for The Defiance

Organizers in Minnesota pushed back ICE this winter with a fraction of that number, but with a much more serious approach to capacity-building.

Jul 15 • Micah L. Sifry

31

14

16