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Posted by | June 5, 2018
The Role of Progressive Media in Mobilizing the Resistance

How is progressive media amplifying the voice of the grassroots and the resistance to bring about electoral change? As we move closer to 2018, there is a question of persuasion...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Facing Anti-Muslim Campaigns Head On—and Winning

Anti-Muslim political campaigns have been on the rise in the 2018 and 2017 elections, but they have been losing. These campaigns are inflaming bigotry and hate violence nationwide, but the...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Fighting Nazis on the Internet: Free Speech in the Age of Hatemobs

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400117419827 While we use the internet to do crucial work bringing voices from the margins to the mainstream, the tactics of the reactionary right are unforgiving and make our work...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
From Online Message Boards to Trump’s Tweets: How Fake News and Online Harassment are Threatening Our Democracy

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392937509827 The far-right has long dismissed concerns about widespread fake news and online hate since the 2016 election, suggesting that these realities are mere figments of progressive imagination. But the...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Polling Technology and Public Opinion in 2018

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392889954827 Political polling is changing rapidly in response to shifting patterns of communication and new technological opportunities. Meanwhile, public opinion itself is in flux heading into the midterm elections. This...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
People-first Persuasion: Rethinking the How and Who of Engagement

In the wake of the 2016 election, Catalist undertook an expansive, research project that sought to consider voters from a "people first" perspective—without preconceptions—in order to provide the progressive community...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
The Power Coalition: How Integrated Voter Engagement is Empowering Citizens in Louisiana

The Power Coalition for Equity and Justice has built an Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE) model to support community-driven activism and grassroots leadership development that empowers citizens to address classism, racism,...

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Posted by | August 8, 2017
Protecting Democracy in 2017 and Beyond: Strategies and tactics to fight back against efforts making it harder to vote

Voting in America has never been easy, but through struggle and sacrifices the right to vote has expanded since the inception of the United States. But, increased access to voting...

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Posted by | July 26, 2017
Running from Trump, Running for the People

The 2016 DNC platform has been characterized as the most progressive in the party’s history, both by establishment Democrats and those affiliated with the Bernie Sanders wing. But these days,...

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Posted by | July 25, 2017
Time to Choose: Nonviolent Coexistence or Violent Co-annihilation?

“We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co annihilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community.” Almost 50 years later and...

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