Electoral 3/3

Karen Young

Feb 261 min read

Billboards send a message bigly

Welcome to Message Monday! One of my favorite media is billboards. Actually “outdoor/out-of-home media,” as it’s known in the biz,...

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American Nations offers key lessons about our regional cultures and history

Karen Young

Feb 265 min read

American Nations offers key lessons about our regional cultures and history

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! One of our key weaknesses is that "progressives are not...clear about what we want in terms of a role for...

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Karen Young

Feb 213 min read

Michigan shows how it's done

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! In the Midwest, after the 2010 elections, people suffered a sudden, vicious, and overwhelming attack on the...

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UAW has a strategy to win battle of the century

Karen Young

Feb 215 min read

UAW has a strategy to win battle of the century

Welcome to Team Tuesday! Last fall, the United Auto Workers (UAW), under new leader Shawn Fain, launched a wildly audacious attempt to...

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Strategy for progressive education: Workplace Readiness Week

Karen Young

Feb 62 min read

Strategy for progressive education: Workplace Readiness Week

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Watch out for exploding heads from the book-banning crowd. “Workplace Readiness Week” at schools is an...

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Bad marketing strategy for Biden: death by laundry list

Karen Young

Feb 53 min read

Bad marketing strategy for Biden: death by laundry list

Welcome to Message Monday! It’s common knowledge these days that President Biden is failing to communicate the real achievements of his...

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How can we support Biden and still grow progressive power?

Karen Young

Feb 57 min read

How can we support Biden and still grow progressive power?

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! I added a new threat to my SWOT analysis. If Joe Biden were to lose the election to Donald Trump, it’s...

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Progressive strategy for working with - or around - Democrats

Karen Young

Jan 289 min read

Progressive strategy for working with - or around - Democrats

Welcome to SWOT Sunday! We all know that progressives have to work with mainstream Democrats, at least some of the time, to build power...

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Unions Flex For Gaza; Lessons for Progressives vs Dems

Karen Young

Jan 235 min read

Unions Flex For Gaza; Lessons for Progressives vs Dems

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Organized labor support for Palestinians and a ceasefire in Gaza is strong, often militant, and growing....

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Nearly 100 Democrats on 2024 ballot in Arkansas – the most since 2012

Karen Young

Jan 102 min read

Nearly 100 Democrats on 2024 ballot in Arkansas – the most since 2012

Welcome to Winning Wednesday! OK, so these Democrats have not won their races yet. But just contesting all these races – more than 60 in...

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Biden calls out the "zero sum view" behind racism

Karen Young

Jan 92 min read

Biden calls out the "zero sum view" behind racism

Welcome to Message Monday! I was inspired to write today’s post by Heather Cox Richardson, a history teacher and bestselling author who...

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Will the children save our politics? Leaders We Deserve says yes

Karen Young

Jan 42 min read

Will the children save our politics? Leaders We Deserve says yes

Welcome to Team Thursday, when we spotlight an exciting organization. I confess I stan David Hogg, one of the Parkland high school...

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Two pieces of good news – and one warning – about Texas

Karen Young

Jan 22 min read

Two pieces of good news – and one warning – about Texas

Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! I’ve been a big fan of Beto O’Rourke since I saw the 2019 HBO documentary Running With Beto. This...

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Bigger Movement, Bigger Wins: SWOT Sunday

Karen Young

Nov 25, 20235 min read

Bigger Movement, Bigger Wins: SWOT Sunday

Read an overview of SWOT analyses and my analysis of the progressive movement. Here is a summary of a related pair of Strengths and...

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Karen Young

Nov 24, 20232 min read

Climate Corps - Winning Wednesday

On Sept. 21, President Biden announced the formation of a new federal Climate Corps by executive action. The Hill described this as a...

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Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan - Take Action Tuesday

Karen Young

Nov 24, 20231 min read

Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan - Take Action Tuesday

Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), in my view, is the election reform that gives you the biggest bang for your buck. Right now is the best time...

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