Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Taxes can be complicated, but I vow to keep this discussion as simple as possible, and laser-focused on the...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday!   Today is about how we need to neutralize the threat from our unfair rules of the game for elections. Voting...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! These dueling visions are polar opposites, not only in terms of what (policy), but in who is putting them...

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

Welcome to Team Tuesday! Over the weekend, I talked about how a broad coalition made their state, Nebraska, one of the most recent to...

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...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The national Democratic Party may have written Florida off, but the Sunshine State didn’t get the memo.  ...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Today we’re going to respond to leading strategist Ilyse Hogue’s recent comment (certainly accurate) that “we are...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! Until President Biden mentioned housing during his State of the Union address recently, I felt sure the subject...

Welcome to Message Monday! I was deep in an article on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website, about USA Today choosing one of our...

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...

Welcome to Message Monday! Progressive State Senator Chris Larson (District 7) is well known and loved here in Milwaukee, WI.  I only...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Wait, what? you say.  You may be thinking that “populism” is the racist and xenophobic philosophy behind Donald...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I assume you’ve heard about the victory for Starbucks workers.  Super great!  Congratulations to everyone...

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday!   There are some very exciting things happening on the rural America front.  While the challenges remain...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! In the Midwest, after the 2010 elections, people suffered a sudden, vicious, and overwhelming attack on the...

Welcome to Message Monday! The Democracy Alliance, a major group of progressive funders, has a fine strategic approach to building...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Government needs more money to do more for America, whether that’s fixing roads, hiring teachers, or...

Welcome to Message Monday! Yesterday, we talked about how important it is to include what you're FOR: your dream, your vision of a better...

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Watch out for exploding heads from the book-banning crowd.  “Workplace Readiness Week” at schools is an...