Heather Cox Richardson

"I'm a history professor interested in the contrast between image and reality in American politics. I believe in American democracy, despite its frequent failures."

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics

Timothy Snyder

"Snyder is an American historian of Europe and a public intellectual on both continents. Among his books are On Tyranny and Bloodlands, which appear in new editions in 2022."

Opening the future by understanding the past

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

"I'm Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, Advisor to Protect Democracy, and the recipient of Guggenheim and other fellowships. I have been a consultant on historical feature and documentary films and advise governments and corporations (including the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol) on autocrats and authoritarian parties and the threats to democracy they pose."

George Lakoff

"American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena."

Moral politics, meta narrative, language and your brain.

Kimberle Crenshaw

Professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues.

 "As a pioneer in critical race theory, Kimberlé Crenshaw helped open the discussion of the double bind faced by victims of simultaneous racial and gender prejudice."

Ian Haney Lopez

"Ian Haney López is a law professor who specializes in race and racism. His focus for the last decade has been on the use of racism in electoral politics, and how to respond."

Noam Chomsky

"Chomsky is credited with revolutionizing the linguistics field by introducing the Chomsky hierarchy, generative grammar and the concept of a universal grammar, which underlies all human speech and is based in the innate structure of the mind/brain."

Robert Reich

"Professor, writer, former Secretary of Labor, author of The System, The Common Good, Saving Capitalism, Aftershock, Supercapitalism, The Work of Nations. Co-creator of "Inequality for All" and "Saving Capitalism." Co-founder of Inequality Media."

Jessica Craven

"Jessica Craven is a mom, veteran activist, and the author of daily actions email “Chop Wood, Carry Water.” She's also the creator of both "Activism 101" and "Democracy 101," free workshops that have activated and engaged thousands of new-to-politics Americans."

Grassroots Collaboration Project

"The Grassroots Collaboration Project (GCP) seeks to improve the capacity for and effectiveness of networking among organizations in the pro-democracy grassroots world, especially groups run by volunteer leaders."

Jason Berlin

BERLIN’S APPROACH IS CHEERY AND INSISTENT. Forget about volunteers who sit at a card table outside a grocery store waiting for someone to stop by and ask to register. That’s old-school. Berlin and his volunteers fan out across college lawns; they walk right up to shoppers loading their SUVs; and they seek out worried-looking folks hurrying into or out of courthouses.

Network NOVA

"We are a grassroots organizing hub run by the unstoppable, badass, and fearless women of Network NOVA. Our mission is to inspire, inform and empower each other and our allies for powerful year-round political action."

Valarie Kaur

“Revolutionary Love is the call of our times. It is to look upon the face of anyone and say: You are a part of me I do not yet know.“

Nobel Laureate, Malala

"Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history."

"Every child has a right to education. All girls — regardless of income level, social status, race or cultural background — have a right to learn on equal terms with boys including access to quality teachers, curriculums and learning materials."

Susan Rogan

"I am a retired librarian who is the mother of 12, the grandmother of nine, and who wants to help save our democracy."

Simon Rosenberg

"Veteran Political Analyst, Strategist and Commentator. 2 Presidential campaigns (incl Clinton War Room), senior roles at DNC, DCCC, NDN. One of the only ones who got 2022 right. On Substack at Hopium Chronicles."

Robert Hubbell

"The newsletter started in February 2017 as my effort (as a father and husband) to provide hope and perspective to my family after the unexpected results of the 2016 election. Over time, my family email was shared among friends and became of community of like-minded citizens devoted to preserving American democracy."

Joyce Vance

"Joyce White Vance is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law. She served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017."

Thom Hartmann

"American radio personality, author, businessman, and progressive political commentator."

"Politics, history, spirituality, psychology, science, anthropology, pre-history, culture, and the natural world."

Jay Kuo

"The Status Kuo provides accessible political and legal analysis. In crazy times, a little clarity goes a long way!"
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"Head of Team Takei and CEO at The Social Edge,Composer of Allegiance on Broadway, Appellate Litigator"