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  • Are Black voters abandoning the Democratic party?

    The Guardian, October 17, 2024

    Polls that show Kamala Harris losing Black support have Democrats in a panic. The reality is more complicated

  • Could Harris Take Florida and North Carolina? The Data Suggests She Can.

    The Nation, September 20, 2024

    If Harris’s support among Black voters continues to consolidate as it has over the past two months, then she stands a very strong chance of winning both states.

  • Running Kamala Harris may actually be a political masterstroke for the Democrats

    The Guardian, Jul 23, 2024

    Kamala Harris will likely be the next president of the United States – and that’s overall good news if you care about democracy, justice and equality.

  • Trump’s pick of JD Vance is a clear signal: this is a fight over America’s identity

    The Guardian, July 18, 2024

    Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate is a clear and unmistakable message that Republicans are waging a holy war over the very identity of this nation.

  • Democrats Must Change Their Whole Approach Toward White People

    The Nation, June 17, 2024

    Democrats need to realize that if Donald Trump’s felony conviction won’t weaken his support among most white voters, then nothing will.

  • Where Strategic Philanthropy Went Wrong

    Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2024

    Dramatic advances in the scale and sophistication of strategic philanthropy have not improved societal conditions at a national level.

Previous Writings

  • Yes, Biden Can Still Win!

    The Nation, March 1, 2023

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  • California Senate race will prove whether Democrats care about diversity

    The Washington Post, October 16, 2023

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  • Nikki Haley’s pretend slavery ‘gaffe’ told us what this election is about

    The Guardian, January 11, 2024

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  • This Election Shows Democrats Are Not Doomed After All

    The Guardian, November 8, 2023

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  • Democrats Need to Have an Honest Talk About White People

    The Nation, September 14, 2023

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  • White House timidity on the debt ceiling is infuriating. What is it afraid of?

    The Guardian, May 15, 2023

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  • Don’t Count Barbara Lee Out of the California Senate Race

    The Nation, April 17, 2023

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  • The American civil war ended on this day. It should be a national holiday

    The Guardian, April 9, 2023

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  • We get 28 days for Black history in the US – but every month is White History Month

    The Guardian, February 20, 2023

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  • 5 Questions the New DCCC Chair Needs to Answer

    The Nation, February 2, 2023

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  • Georgia Senate voters have a moral choice. White Christians are choosing hypocrisy

    The Guardian, December 6, 2022

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  • How Did Arizona Turn Purple—and What’s Next?

    The Nation, December 1, 2022

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Brown Is the New White

How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority

The New York Times and Washington Post bestseller that sparked a national conversation about America’s new progressive, multiracial majority, updated to include crucial data from the 2016 election.