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A “Dating Site to Defeat Fascism”
And other last-minute developments giving me hope about the election. Plus, how the Anti-Defamation League has lost its way.
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Micah L. Sifry
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Down to the Wire in Pennsylvania
Independent Democratic groups' ground game may save the Harris campaign from its own hubris about the power of data analytics and paid media--a report…
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Micah L. Sifry
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One Last Thing to Win: Let’s Go Relational!
Connecting to your own personal network to urge them to vote could tip the 2024 election where it matters most. Read on to learn how.
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Micah L. Sifry
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On This Impossible Moment
A brief meditation on the anniversary of October 7, 2023 as we face futures unknown.
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Micah L. Sifry
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When History Overflows, Build a Lifeboat
Some thoughts on how to deal with the chaos of current events.
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Micah L. Sifry
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September 2024

Operation Grim Beeper and the Weaponization of Everything
A new book warns that it's time democracies reined in Big Tech and prioritized personal privacy and security over rapid innovation and growth. Recent…
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Micah L. Sifry
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The Third-Party Problem in 2024 and a Longer-Range Solution
We're stuck in a badly designed game that makes minor parties dangerous and irrelevant, except for their ability to spoil a two-party race like Trump v…
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Micah L. Sifry
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When "Tech for Good" Goes Bad
Lessons from the failure of Raheem AI, whose founder sought to abolish policing, but got caught using his nonprofit's funds on personal luxury. Plus two…
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Micah L. Sifry
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Slouching to Election Day with MiniVAN
We're sending tens of thousands of grassroots door-knockers, many of them newbies, into battle "without guns that work, just bullets that we’re telling…
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August 2024

Purging the Demons at #DNC2024
After 8 years of being bullied by Trump, Covid-19, January 6th and fears of civil war, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are offering a catharsis.
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Micah L. Sifry
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How Kamala Harris is Navigating the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Is the pro-Palestine left on a collision course with the Democratic nominee? Next week at the Democratic convention in Chicago will be a crucial test…
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Randy Kehler, 1944-2024
Lessons in organizing movements from the life of one of America's leading peace, social justice and democracy reform advocates.
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