Insights - Democracy Alliance

For Attentive.ly and tinyGive, NMV Investment Pays Off

In a move that New Media Ventures' Julie Menter writes "may be the first time in history a venture-backed tech startup with a black female founder on board has been...

Working for Justice after Last Week’s Turmoil and Violence

This is the height of the political season, with the two party conventions taking place later this month. But platforms and Vice-Presidential selections aside, in a...

The Latino Engagement Fund’s New Director

Dave Montez, Executive Director of One Colorado and former Acting President of GLAAD, will begin as the Director of the DA's Latino Engagement Fund in September...

Roosevelt Institute Launches 501(c)(4)

President Felicia Wong announced the debut of Roosevelt Forward earlier today, writing that it “expands our reach and allows us to have a greater voice in the...

In a Week of Turmoil, CPD Brought 1,500 Community Organizers Together.

The People’s Convention in Pittsburgh last week, organized by the Center for Popular Democracy, united activists working toward economic and environmental justice...

News Roundup, July 13

The Economic Policy Institute's trade research expert fires back after the Donald Trump campaign distorts his research for their own ends; the president of think...

Brexit Vote Has Echoes in the U.S., but Progressives Can Write a Different Ending

Last month's Brexit vote in the United Kingdom sent shock waves through Europe and the world. The "leave" campaign had several things in common with the United...

For Immigrant Families, Supreme Court Denies Needed Relief

The divided Court's ruling last week in U.S. v. Texas froze President Barack Obama's signature immigration reform program in place. The 4-4 tie allowed a lower...

DA Founder Rob Stein on the Koch Brothers and Political Trust-Busting

The lurid attraction of a Donald Trump-dominated presidential election spectacle is likely to obscure another clear and present political danger that will be hidden...

News Roundup, June 23

Civil rights leaders and economists unite; Nick Hanauer slams House Speaker Paul Ryan for weak grasp of middle-class economics; Hillary Clinton's LGBTQ bona fides...