Organization Trends

Organization Trends
Policing Pronouns: Twitter’s Updated Hateful Conduct Policy
Last month, Twitter quietly expanded its policy devoted to combating “hateful conduct” by adding a prohibition on “misgendering” or “deadnaming” transgender users on its platform. According to Twitter, the site…
by Ashley Rae Goldenberg on November 28, 2018

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Women’s March Leadership Shows Schism Over Anti-Semitism
On Monday, Teresa Shook, the original founder of the Women’s March, called for the current leadership of the group to resign in light of their refusal to distance…
by Ashley Rae Goldenberg on November 21, 2018

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Menendez’s Reelection Makes Case for Term Limits
Think we don’t need term limits? New Jersey’s Senate election just made a strong case for them. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D), won reelection last week, despite being…
by Jared Cummings on November 20, 2018

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Media Matters and the “Discredited and Marginalized” Senator-Elect
This weekend, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) conceded defeat to his Republican rival, sitting Governor of Florida Rick Scott. That must have been a third shock (after Scott’s two narrow…
by Michael Watson on November 20, 2018

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Intersectional Issue Drift Strikes ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) may be a left-leaning organization, but historically it has earned grudging respect by some on the right for an apparent internal commitment to…
by Michael Watson on November 19, 2018

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Vote Forward’s Partisanship is Showing
Leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, many different organizations and Hollywood celebrities pleaded for U.S. citizens to get out and vote. Voter registration groups pounded the pavement and urged…
by Trey Conrad on November 16, 2018

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Fighting Big Money in Politics… with Super PACs?
Is “big money” from special interests ruining politics? Are super PACs robbing the power of everyday voters? Will donations from so-called “dark money” groups be the end of democracy in…
by Hayden Ludwig on November 16, 2018

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The Bernie Revolution’s Consultant of Choice
[Editor’s note: Scott Goodstein stepped down from his leadership position at Revolution Messaging, but remains on staff as a partner.] Most people outside Beltway politics haven’t heard of Scott…
by Hayden Ludwig on November 16, 2018

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Women’s March Leaders Fail to Disavow Farrakhan
Last week, the Women’s March attempted to, yet again, downplay its leaders’ past praise of Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader known for his anti-Semitic comments. In an…
by Ashley Rae Goldenberg on November 15, 2018

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Censorious Jewish Voice for Peace Shows Its True Colors at NYU
Yet another planned college talk by controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos has been postponed due to alleged safety concerns; this time, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio personally put…
by Ashley Rae Goldenberg on November 7, 2018