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The Hill: Worried About Democracy? Pay Attention to the State
The Hill, March 27, 2022, ALBERT HUNT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Washington obsesses over how many Republicans will vote for the eminently qualified Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, or Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) latest attention-getting move, or the forever...
Pepper Launches Blue Ohio
Former Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper launches Blue Ohio, spearheading effort to boost Democrats’ state legislative campaigns April 21, 2022 David Pepper and It Starts Today are excited to announce a joint project, Blue Ohio, that will crowdsource support...
SALON: How States Have Become “Laboratories of Autocracy” – and Why It’s Worse Than You Think
By Paul Rosenberg, January 15, 2022 There's a booming literature on the erosion of democracy in America, as well as around the world, but David Pepper's book "Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call From Behind the Lines" stands out as arguably the most important...
Markin Report: A Fix to Anti-democratic Laws That Republicans Won’t Like
A Fix to Anti-democratic Laws That Republicans Won’t Like David Pepper, February 16, 2022 Guest Post by David Pepper Almost a century ago, Justice Louis Brandeis extolled states as “Laboratories of Democracy.” His theory, echoed by others over the years, was that...
Our Democracy in Crisis, State and Local Power With Hillary Rodham Clinton & David Pepper
YOU AND ME BOTH WITH HILLARY CLINTON, DEMOCRACY (WITH DAVID PEPPER AND LINA HIDALGO) You and Me Both is a production of iHeartRadio. Podcast recording available HERE. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: I'm Hillary Clinton, and this is You and Me Both. I don't know about you, but...
VANITY FAIR: “WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WAKE UP”: RIGGED STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE STEADILY UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY
Former Ohio Democratic Party head David Pepper has witnessed Republicans’ weaponization of statehouses firsthand and is determined to give Democrats a way to fight back—before it’s too late. October 20, 2021, Chris Smith If you think Washington is broken, David...
SALON: Is $4.68 the key to saving the Democratic Party?
Jonathan Zucker, political technology entrepreneur, discusses his new initiative for political fundraising Feb. 17, 2017, AMANDA MARCOTTE After watching the Democrats take a beating in the 2016 election, fundraising strategist Jonathan Zucker came to the realization...
INSIDER: A grassroots movement to help Democrats win back seats in Congress has already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars
Feb. 17, 2017, Leanna Garfield The Democratic party has suffered in recent elections. Hillary Clinton lost the presidential race in November, and the party has lost five Senate seats and 45 House seats since 2006 (the last election before Obama's first...
Want to Resist Trump’s Agenda? There’s an App for That
A flood of new open political apps has hit the market to help people looking for ways to resist President Trump's agenda. Feb. 8, 2017, Alex Seitz-Wald The last time Democrats lost a presidential election, in 2004, some of the party’s largest donors got together to...
WIRED: Now You Can Save the Democratic Party for the Low, Low Price of $4.68 a Month
JAN 19, 2017, Emily Dreyfuss On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, Democrats are falling apart. For the price of a latte, one political techie thinks he can bring them back together. ON THE EVE of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Democrats are lost. The Democratic...