Post-Twitter, Creating New Tech Tools for Advocacy and ActivismI’ve been a very heavy Twitter reader, burying myself in the text, but I was reluctant to sign up in 2009 because it posed a distraction…Nov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022
New Traction for Blockchain-Backed CooperativesPeople are grappling with blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and their efficacy in moving toward a more decentralized web. The mood in my…Dec 24, 2021Dec 24, 2021
Percentage Change vs. Percentage Point in COVID Mask DataLast night on Twitter, I noticed that people were sharing this March 5 CDC report, portraying it incorrectly as evidence that masks were…Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021
A Progressive Governing Agenda in 2021? Progressives Had One in 2009.A new essay makes the case that given Republicans’ inextricable commitment to “bad faith” politics, Democrats should proceed apace with…Oct 18, 2020Oct 18, 2020
The Impediments of Jason Kidd and Nancy PelosiThis past week, the country tumbled further into fascism, argued Joshua Shanes, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at the College of…Aug 30, 2020Aug 30, 2020
Political Campaigns Are Basically Insane EnterprisesThe combination of today’s NH primary, on which I worked way back in 2003, and last night’s concert by The Strokes reminded me to liberate…Feb 11, 2020Feb 11, 2020
Financing Medicare for AllHere’s how Congress can budget for single-payer Medicare for All.Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
Climate Research and Green New Deal Resources for 2020Last night, in response to our latest Sludge report on millions of dollars in fossil fuel industry holdings by members of Congress while…Jan 5, 2020Jan 5, 2020
Network Effects For Sustainable News StartupsAfter the latest terrible rounds of media industry layoffs this past week, there was plenty of Twitter chatter about models for digital…Jan 27, 2019Jan 27, 2019
How Sludge can localize our investigative journalism with Prog Code NetworkIn August, I was fortunate to be video interviewed by Pamela of Progressive Coders Network about our new investigative journalism website…Oct 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018