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Data as the New Soil, Not Oil
A conversation with futurist Jerry Michalski about how we need to build a "betterverse," not the metaverse.
Micah L. Sifry
Jul 5
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What Happens After We March?
How abortion rights activists can learn from the organizing practices of the civil rights movement.
Micah L. Sifry
Jun 28
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The Seven-Minute Abs of Electioneering
Why just-in-time, top-down, data-driven campaigning and celebrity endorsements can't beat the power of actual community-building.
Micah L. Sifry
Jun 21
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Marching Through the Wilderness
Despite shrunken turnout at gun safety rallies, there's some progress toward new legislation. Meanwhile, are progressive DC orgs being stymied by…
Micah L. Sifry
Jun 14
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Staring into the January 6th Abyss
The start of nationally televised hearings into the criminal conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election could be a turning point, but only if we push to…
Micah L. Sifry
Jun 7
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And We Are Not Saved
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, and the Bigfooting of March For Our Lives: How the Gun Safety Movement Became a Monoculture
Micah L. Sifry
May 31
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If Politics is Your Hobby Horse, You're Riding to Nowhere
A conversation with Eitan Hersh, author of the 2020 book Politics is for Power, on what has, or hasn't, changed since he wrote it.
Micah L. Sifry
May 24
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Activism in the Post-Roe Era
The abortion rights movement is at a turning point, and low turnout at Saturday's #BansOffOurBodies are a sign of trouble.
Micah L. Sifry
May 17
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Rob Stein's Liberal Legacy
The founder of the Democracy Alliance, who died last week, tried to copy the Right's infrastructure-building but wealthy Democratic donors had other…
Micah L. Sifry
May 10
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Special Bonus Edition: The Changing Politics of Abortion
History and the majority are on our side; now it's time to organize the power needed to win.
Micah L. Sifry
May 5
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“An Insurgency to Take Over the Democratic Party”
How the Rhode Island Political Cooperative is Modeling a Different Path to Power
Micah L. Sifry
May 3
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Why We Don't Need Twitter
The Quiet Before, a new book on the origins of social change, reminds us that scale and speed are not friends of successful movements.
Micah L. Sifry
Apr 26
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