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

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Last week, we talked about how conflict avoidance within an organization causes many problems, especially with...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! You are no stranger to conflict.  Conflict is everywhere: with your family, friends, in your workplace or...

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

Welcome to Message Monday! One of my favorite media is billboards.  Actually “outdoor/out-of-home media,” as it’s known in the biz,...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! One of our key weaknesses is that "progressives are not...clear about what we want in terms of a role for...

Welcome to Team Tuesday! Last fall, the United Auto Workers (UAW), under new leader Shawn Fain, launched a wildly audacious attempt to...

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

Point A: Another way to say it is, Where are we right now? What is the reality of our present moment? This was a major topic near the end...

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

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! I’m really impressed by a lot of things about the People’s Budget Florida campaign: -       The breadth...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! ​One of our key weaknesses, as defined by Deepak Bhargava in 2005, is that "progressives are not...clear about...

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Talk about the Overton window!  This is how it gets moved.  The group Debt Collective, the nation’s first...

Welcome to Message Monday! It’s common knowledge these days that President Biden is failing to communicate the real achievements of his...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! I added a new threat to my SWOT analysis. If Joe Biden were to lose the election to Donald Trump, it’s...

Welcome to Message Monday! Yesterday, when I was talking about what progressives need to do to build power within the Democratic...

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! We all know that progressives have to work with mainstream Democrats, at least some of the time, to build power...

Welcome to Team Thursday, when I spotlight a worthy organization.  Full disclosure, I am a sustaining donor to Razom, and have been since...

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Organized labor support for Palestinians and a ceasefire in Gaza is strong, often militant, and growing....

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Weakness #2 Escalating crises favor the prepared - and we’re not prepared.  As Milton Friedman said, “Only a...