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Hot Off the Press | The Triumph of Injustice: From Boston to Richmond
The history of taxation in the United States is anything but linear. It’s a story of dramatic reversals, of sudden ideological and political changes, of groundbreaking innovations and radical U-turns.
Organizer Voices | From Textathons to Black Joy: How Color of Change is...
The idea, says Color of Change's chief of campaigns Arisha Hatch, is to center Black joy and to build face-to-face teams, which now number in the thousands, of people meeting and acting locally (and having fun together).
Politically Effective or Just Good at Campaigns?
A research report on capacity building in 501(c)(4) organizations and the role of leadership.
Organizer Voices | What ACORN Taught Us
It has been ten years since the community group ACORN was destroyed. At its height, The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now was the largest community organization in the United States with chapters in over 100 cities.
Hot Off the Press | Civic Power: Reclaiming Democracy’s Radicalism
In this excerpt from the book Civic Power: Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis, authors K. Sabeel Rahman and Hollie Russon Gilman discuss restoring American democracy and rescuing it from crisis.
Tips for Organizing Member-Led In-District Meetings At...
How many times have you just about gotten to the beginning of a Congressional recess, realized you want to run an in-district legislative campaign to influence them when they’re home from Washington, but didn’t do it because you weren’t sure where to begin?
