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Sunrise Movement
November 20, 2024
Kate Aronoff
The Time-Honored Tradition of Blaming the Left for Democratic Defeats
This argument is particularly unconvincing this time around. And it doesn’t offer a realistic prescription for future success.
July 31, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Harris Should Focus on Pleasing Young Voters, Not Donors and Centrists
Rejecting conventional wisdom is what got the party this current momentum. Don’t give it up now.
January 2, 2024
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Aaron Gell
Democrats and Climate Activists Are on a Collision Course in 2024
In the run-up to a presidential election with dire climate implications, can activists afford to demonize Democrats? Can they afford not to?
March 17, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
How to Stay Sane in a World of Crazy Climate Politics
An increasing number of voices are urging people to refocus on the hyperlocal when national events feel too overwhelming.
May 31, 2022
Magazine
Kara Voght
How John Podesta and the Sunrise Movement Found Common Cause
The Democratic bigwig’s behind-the-scenes role guiding the next generation of climate activists
July 22, 2021
Kate Aronoff
The Left Is the Only Reason We’re Talking About Climate Change at All
It’s become fashionable to suggest climate activists are too hard on Joe Biden. Being hard on Joe Biden is what got climate spending into the infrastructure package.
February 17, 2021
Nick Martin
Teenagers Deserve a Place at Biden’s Climate Table
Including activists from the Sunrise Movement and elsewhere could improve the president’s climate policy while energizing the youth vote.
January 18, 2021
Mari Uyehara
Medicare for All Needs a Sunrise Movement
How single-payer advocates can keep their cause from being pushed into the political wilderness
November 6, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Philadelphian Left Holds the Line
After decades of voter suppression, organizing efforts pay off.
October 23, 2020
Isabel Cristo
The Bernie Organizers Who Want to Elect Biden—Then Defeat Him
A grassroots coalition is fighting like hell to build power for the left. Securing a Democratic win this presidential election is a necessary detour on that path.
June 17, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Inside the Fight to Shape Biden’s Climate Policy
The candidate’s official platform may matter less in the end than his appointments. Progressives are starting to suggest names.
April 9, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Socially Distanced Protester
The challenges of collective action under lockdown
April 5, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Green New Deal Fan on Fox News Wasn’t a Random Diner. He’s a Climate Activist.
Meet the young man who ruined a "Fox and Friends" reporter's segment.
February 26, 2019
Emily Atkin
Dianne Feinstein Is a Bigger Climate Threat Than Trump
Only a bold plan like the Green New Deal can slow global warming, and that won't happen if powerful Democrats keep calling for moderation.
February 6, 2019
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Sam Adler-Bell
The Story Behind the Green New Deal’s Meteoric Rise
How twelve young activists forced a bold idea into the mainstream of the Democratic Party
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