Why not just fund all the lawyers?This is a lightly-edited version of an email I sent to a team I work with, about why we should be focused on raising money for grassroots…Oct 4, 20201Oct 4, 20201
sometimes, you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears…Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I got arrested along with about a dozen immigrants and allies, for blocking the road outside the Berks…Jul 16, 2018Jul 16, 2018
Why do we let our kids learn about work from bosses?This post is a little more personal that my usual work on HtU. I struggled with whether to put it up here, or just write it somewhere…Mar 24, 2018Mar 24, 2018
Who do you build solidarity with?If the early Trump era has taught us anything, it’s that we can’t afford to be siloed in our work to build power for the precarious. The…Jan 11, 2018Jan 11, 2018
why expanding the map matters (Pt. 2)There’s a popular trope in electoral organizing that involves a young field organizer, dropped into a turf which hasn’t seen a contested…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
a not-entirely-scientific look at our movement in space (Pt. 1)As regular readers know, I recently rolled out a project to build a database of economic justice organizations in the US. It’s one of the…Nov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2017
Wanna win more elections?For at least the last twenty years, organizers, activists, donors and communicators have been arguing about the best messages to win…Aug 17, 2017Aug 17, 2017
The fight against Trump can never stop, if we want to win.Progressives around the country are struggling to figure out how to define ourselves in the Trump era. Should we be in a state of permanent…Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
2016–the year in booksSo for 2016, my book count was a pretty strong 76. Unlike most presidential election years, I managed to read serious books in the months…Dec 31, 2016Dec 31, 2016
A Voice for Independent WorkersWhat do an adjunct professor, a day laborer, and an Uber driver have in common? More than you might think.Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
