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Posted by | May 10, 2016
Moving Beyond Brogressives: Ensuring Economic Justice Includes Reproductive Justice

It's 2016, so why are we still seeing male dominance within the progressive movement? It's not uncommon to see issues of particular importance to women—especially reproductive health, rights, and justice—sidelined...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
Israeli Apartheid and Palestinian Civil Rights [Voter Pick]

It's time for progressives to have a serious discussion about how Israel has become an apartheid state. For nearly 50 years, the Palestinian people have lived under a military occupation...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
Living and Working Our Values: Dismantling Rape Culture in Progressive Spaces and Ending Sexual Harassment and Violence at Work [Voter Pick]

Though it's long been an issue, recent high-profile incidents have highlighted the persistent problem of so-called progressive people, businesses, and organizations that ostensibly fight for justice and equality, yet sexually...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
Into the Hornet’s Nest: How Women of Color are Leading the Fight Against the Hyde Amendment [Voter Pick]

For 40 years the Hyde Amendment has targeted poor women, women of color, and young women by banning abortion coverage from Medicaid, condemning many to unsafe procedures or unwanted pregnancies.Women...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
The Future of Collaborative Data: How We’ll Continue Beating Republicans [Voter Pick]

Over the past 10 years, Democrats and progressives have built a superior campaign data and technology infrastructure and a more effective ground-game than Republicans. What's been our secret weapon and...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
TPP: Trade “Trump-ing” the Election [Voter Pick]

Voters' opposition to job-killing trade policies has fueled the surge of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has generated an unprecedented diverse opposition movement reflective of its...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
Fear Trumping Reason: Reclaiming America’s Brain from Right-Wing Media Manipulators [Voter Pick]

In order to break the toxic grip that Fox and other right-wing outlets hold over so many of our fellow Americans, progressives need to have a deeper understanding of how...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
The Poli-tech Startup: Working through the Challenges [Voter Pick]

Many of the challenges facing progressive political tech startups are unique. VCs are inherently skeptical of poli-tech and the measure of early success is often much different than it is...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
Bold Strategies for Achieving Political Equality through a New Supreme Court [Voter Pick]

The unexpected death of the late Justice Antonin Scalia has opened a rare window of opportunity to undo perhaps the most despised Supreme Court decision of the modern era: Citizens...

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Posted by | April 19, 2016
Changing the Face of Criminal Justice: Why Women of Color are Crucial to Criminal Justice Reform [Voter Pick]

In 2015, a shocking report from the Reflective Democracy Campaign found that 79 percent of the 2,437 elected prosecutor positions in the U.S. are filled by white men, and only...

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