top of page


Amazon Labor Union and Teamsters Come For Amazon
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The Amazon Labor Union, a plucky band of Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City,...

Karen Young
Jun 5, 20242 min read


Ask the mayor why he's defunding libraries
Welcome to Message Monday! I thought the photo above, with an Eric Adams cut-out, was a cute and effective way to take the issue to him,...

Karen Young
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Impossible to inevitable: NCAA makes deal to pay college athletes
Welcome to Winning Wednesday!! Last week, there was a huge victory on an issue very close to my heart: compensation for top college...

Karen Young
May 29, 20242 min read


Rural Democracy Initiative has the strategy to build progressive majorities
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Have you heard of the Rural Democracy Initiative? I just learned about them. Where have they been all my life? ...

Karen Young
May 23, 20243 min read


Progressive search for “bigger we” needs bigger view of poverty
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! As usual, the words “poverty” or “poor people” aren’t being uttered by Presidential candidates or, generally, by...

Karen Young
May 13, 20245 min read


Fair Food Program helps keep farmworkers cool
Welcome to Team Tuesday! You may have heard about the GOP’s current drive to ban regulations requiring employers to protect farmworkers...

Karen Young
May 7, 20242 min read


UAW leads progressives to think big – as in a general strike
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! The new UAW, more than any other organization on the left, THINKS BIG. They swing for the fences. We...

Karen Young
May 1, 20241 min read


Working class hero could replace Joe Manchin.
Welcome to Message Monday! West Virginia’s beautiful land, and many of its people, have been sacrificed for coal mining since the...

Karen Young
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Organizing gets results at EPA
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! After successful organizing and agitation by many, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a...

Karen Young
Apr 17, 20242 min read


3 more ways progressives can split the right
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Since we are so weak on exploiting the right’s internal differences, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to throw out more...

Karen Young
Apr 7, 20246 min read


Florida Rising: abortion AND marijuana will be on the ballot
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The national Democratic Party may have written Florida off, but the Sunshine State didn’t get the memo. ...

Karen Young
Apr 3, 20241 min read


Fomenting discord on the right about climate: winning strategy for progressives
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Today we’re going to respond to leading strategist Ilyse Hogue’s recent comment (certainly accurate) that “we are...

Karen Young
Mar 31, 20245 min read


Starbucks union workers get a slew of new benefits
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! As you know, Starbucks Workers United recently won a huge victory when the company agreed to sit down and...

Karen Young
Mar 28, 20241 min read


7 keys to a better American political system with more choices
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! I attended a meeting last week about building the left over the short- and long-term. I heard a lot of...

Karen Young
Mar 24, 20246 min read


Populism is a winning strategy to bring urban/rural together
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Wait, what? you say. You may be thinking that “populism” is the racist and xenophobic philosophy behind Donald...

Karen Young
Mar 18, 20248 min read


Progressive policies going to the voters in 2024
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Ballot initiatives and Constitutional amendments are ways to get good laws on the books, even if...

Karen Young
Mar 14, 20242 min read


20+ progressive groups join forces to Reject AIPAC
Welcome to Team Tuesday! I’m always excited when I see progressive groups working together, because that’s one of the most critical...

Karen Young
Mar 12, 20243 min read


Dartmouth hoops union: a step toward ending slavery in college sports
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I go crazy whenever the subject of college athletes comes up. To me, the system wherein college athletes...

Karen Young
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Progressive Unionism 2.0: Vermont AFL-CIO United
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Today we have the story from Jacobin of how an intrepid band of union reformers transformed the Vermont State...

Karen Young
Mar 5, 20242 min read


Grassroots organizing pushes governor to accept food aid
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I assume you’ve heard about the victory for Starbucks workers. Super great! Congratulations to everyone...

Karen Young
Feb 29, 20242 min read
bottom of page