When Public Policy Polling came to Portland, Maine

The inside story of how polling was weaponized in a…

Why I’m running for City Council

I’m running because we need fresh ideas, creative solutions and bold progressive vision at City Hall.

My great-great-grandparents were Syrian refugees. America welcomed them.

I am a descendant of the kind of people that President Trump wants to keep out of the United States.

My ancestors were Christians from Eastern Lebanon, in what we think was part of…

What we accomplished, and what comes next.

We set out to show a better way of campaigning and…

What Portland Neighborhoods Need

Why many of Portland’s neighborhood leaders are supporting Joey…

My three pledges to make this the most people-powered campaign in Portland history.

It’s time for a municipal clean elections program.

I want to bring a public financing clean elections…

Let’s put public education first.

It’s no secret that Portland’s elementary schools are in bad shape.

Portland City Council Weekly Roundup for August 21–25, 2017

Citizen initiatives make it onto the…

Portland City Council Weekly Roundup for October 2–6, 2017

Public hearings and votes to sell land in…