Invest for the long term in grassroots organizations that prove they can successfully communicate with and mobilize communities of color, young voters, and union members and supporters.
Steve Rosenthal
Steve Rosenthal is the former political director of the AFL-CIO, and has been a labor and progressive strategist for nearly 40 years.
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The Electability Folly
Early projections of who’s ‘electable’ have seldom been right. If you’re worried about electability, go register voters in swing states.
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Will Trump Steal a March on Democrats in the Midwest?
It’s time for Democrats to begin their ground game in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Actually Talking Union
Responding to the pro-labor upsurge, candidates are no longer shunning the “u” word.
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How Democrats Can Avoid Turning Their Presidential Primaries into a Circular Firing Squad
Some rules of engagement for Democratic candidates and their supporters
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To Beat Trump in 2020, Democrats Must Build a Wall
Not between the U.S. and Mexico. Rather, two blue walls of states where Trump can’t prevail.
Posted inWorking in America
For a Dead Movement, Labor’s Been Showing a Lot of Life
The right promised its anti-union campaigns would yield Republican victories in 2018. But unions have been bouncing back, as the GOP’s defeats make clear.