These are challenging times for those of us who care about our democracy, who want our leaders to be ethical and our social contracts to be honored, who believe in government—of the people, by the people, for the people—as a force for good. Each week, we have kept our spirits up by reviewing positive progress in the nation. As of August 24, 2024, we are suspending our blog while we put all of our effort into the fall campaign. We’ll be back from time to time.
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August 17, 2024
A MOMENT OF CALM
Kamala and Tim sit down for a chat at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe in Detroit. Regular folk, talking tacos to 8-track players. Aretha and Springsteen. Coaching stories. How division in America pains them and what unites us. Teasing. Laughing. American optimism. YouTube
“I believe in hope.”
Ted Lasso.
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“Instead of looking for hope, look for action.
Then, and only then, hope will come.”
-Greta Thunberg