Insights - Democracy Alliance

One Year In, Resistance Spreads from the Streets to the Ballot Box

With all we’ve been through, it seems like an administration measured in dog years, but in fact this weekend we’ve survived just one year of Donald Trump — at least...

A Great Night for Progressives – Now Let’s Keep It Going

Tuesday night’s Election Day victories across the country were a referendum on Donald Trump, his enablers in Congress and state capitols, and their regressive and...

Extremes All Around: Racism, Climate Change, and Recovery

In September, Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico, and the overt incompetence of the Trump Administration’s response has worsened the disaster into a dire...

Election Hacking Strikes at the Heart of Democracy

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee recently announced that they support the findings of the U.S. intelligence community — Russia...

A DA Forum: How to Read the Special Elections, and What Next

There has been a range of reactions from progressives to the loss in the hard-fought special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional race—and to the outcomes in...

The Youth Vote in the U.K. and Implications for America

What caused such an astounding youth turnout in Britain earlier this month, and what, if any, implications are there for the U.S.? There are many political...

With Trump’s Retreat on Climate Pact, Local Leaders and Civil Society are Leading

Last week, President Trump announced the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Accord, an historic international agreement that would hold the...

There’s Nothing Dysfunctional About Single Motherhood

Mothers have it hard in this country. We pay lip service to support for working moms, but don’t back up our words with deeds, through critical public policies like...

The Right Steps Up its Attacks on the Labor Movement

Whenever the Right takes power in the United States – from the United States Presidency to a state capitol – it sets its sights on strengthening the conservative...

Katherine Storch Joins the Brennan Center

After nearly five years with the DA, Strategy and Planning Manager Katherine Storch has accepted a new position as Director of Foundation Relations at the Brennan...