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Building Back Better (Than Expected)

An update on the hits and misses—fortunately, with many more of the former than the latter— of Joe Biden's recent slate of appointments.

By Jeff Hauser David Segal

March 22, 2021, 5:19 pm – 26 MIN READ

There Is No Civil War

Centrists in the suburbs and progressive upsets in the cities? This is what (local) democracy looks like.

May 17, 2018, 6:29 pm – 4 MIN READ

Who Really Won PA 18?

Grassroots women and organized labor pulled voters together in support of Conor Lamb. Conversations made it work.

March 15, 2018, 5:06 pm – 4 MIN READ

Middle America Reboots Democracy

We spent months talking with anti-Trump forces—and they're not who pundits say they are.

By Lara Putnam Theda Skocpol

February 20, 2018, 2:26 pm – 21 MIN READ

From Congress to Protest

The leaders of Indivisible on how they're continuing to empower everyday Americans fighting against Trump.

By Leah Greenberg Angel Padilla

April 19, 2017, 1:52 pm – 7 MIN READ