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Razom fights for Ukraine with passion - and strategy
Welcome to Team Thursday, when I spotlight a worthy organization. Full disclosure, I am a sustaining donor to Razom, and have been since...

Karen Young
Jan 25, 20244 min read


Unions Flex For Gaza; Lessons for Progressives vs Dems
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Organized labor support for Palestinians and a ceasefire in Gaza is strong, often militant, and growing....

Karen Young
Jan 23, 20245 min read


Crisis? What Crisis? Let's Be Prepared
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Weakness #2 Escalating crises favor the prepared - and we’re not prepared. As Milton Friedman said, “Only a...

Karen Young
Jan 22, 20243 min read


2 strengths and a weakness: Democratic/Progressive policy strategy
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! The strengths are related to progressive and Democratic Party policies vs GOP policies, and the resulting effects...

Karen Young
Jan 16, 202411 min read


1 big union with a strategy to change the South and the nation
Welcome to Team Thursday! We stay in the South for a third day of exciting developments that could one day tip the balance of power...

Karen Young
Jan 11, 20242 min read


Nearly 100 Democrats on 2024 ballot in Arkansas – the most since 2012
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! OK, so these Democrats have not won their races yet. But just contesting all these races – more than 60 in...

Karen Young
Jan 10, 20242 min read


Why don't people know what progressives stand for? Can we fix that?
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Last week we talked about the intersection between a key strength – our mass-based, organizing-driven...

Karen Young
Jan 7, 20244 min read


Will the children save our politics? Leaders We Deserve says yes
Welcome to Team Thursday, when we spotlight an exciting organization. I confess I stan David Hogg, one of the Parkland high school...

Karen Young
Jan 4, 20242 min read


Bigger Movement, Bigger Wins: SWOT Sunday
Read an overview of SWOT analyses and my analysis of the progressive movement. Here is a summary of a related pair of Strengths and...

Karen Young
Nov 25, 20235 min read
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