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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Digital Findings from the 2020 Presidential Campaign Trail

The 2020 presidential primary campaigns invested and relied on digital in a way we've never seen. The innovation required to breakthrough the noise, gain traction, and turn moments into boons...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Taxing the Patriarchy: Creating a More Equitable Financial System

Too many women and families around the country are set up to fail by stagnating wages, poor quality jobs, and huge barriers to building wealth—and the tax system is part...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Freedom to Prosper: Growing the National Movement to Cancel Student Debt

Five years ago, national student debt was a $1.1 trillion crisis, with no solution in sight. The idea of canceling student debt was unthinkable. Today it’s $1.7 trillion, impacting 46...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Reviving Regulation: The Key to the Next President’s Success

In the wake of the Trump administration’s attacks on consumer, worker, health and environmental safeguards, it's crucial that we revive our system of public protections. The next Democratic White House...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Public Ownership: Understanding and Seizing the Momentum

The privatization of public services—whether historically private enterprises like electric utilities or recently created businesses to operate services ranging from water to prisons—has drawn a grassroots backlash as its unfulfilled...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Dying for Healthcare: Medicare for All and Racial Justice

Medicare for All is, at its core, a racial justice issue. The color of your skin or the size of your bank account should not determine if you can get...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
Guarantees for a Good Life: Income, Housing, Jobs and Family Care

As people struggle with rising child care, housing, and other costs while wages stagnate or fall, we know we deserve better. In communities across the country, people are demanding more...

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Give It Up Again: Direct Giving for Community-Building and Wealth Redistribution

At Netroots 2019, our panel "Give it Up" shared how direct giving can help move the most marginalized from crisis to stability. This year's session will focus on the work...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
How Nonprofit, Cooperative Tech Can Help Us Win Up and Down the Ballot

While the progressive tech ecosystem has traditionally been dominated by a for-profit, vendor-based model of tech development, an alternative model has emerged that holds enormous potential to close the knowledge...

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Posted by | June 16, 2020
The Next Fight: Combating the Ever-Rising Surveillance State

Surveillance technologies are growing and expanding their reach in both the private and public sectors. Despite moves toward ending mass incarceration and its harms, the systems of criminalization are evolving...

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