Moderate Women Voters: What to Watch for in 2024

BY JACKIE PAYNE | GALVANIZE As we kick off another election year, let’s take a moment to acknowledge how anxious or frightened many of us are feeling. Our democracy and […]
Alabama’s War on Women

BY BREANNA GLOVER | BIGTENTUSA ???? What you need to know: The recent anti-IVF legislation in Alabama has stirred significant controversy and concern, prompting a rapid response from lawmakers, healthcare […]
It’s Not Apathy. It’s Youth Voter Suppression.

By LAURA BRILL | THE CIVICS CENTER There it was again, this time in the Washington Post, a throw-away line about the supposed “apathy” of young voters. It was, as […]
Let America Read, Again

BY SUSAN LEHMAN | BIGTENTUSA BigTentUSA hosted a virtual Spotlight Speaker series with speakers Suzanne Nossel, CEO PEN America, Richard Dresser, President Writers Guild Initiative and moderated by producer, Evangeline […]
BigTentUSA: United for Democracy

By SUSAN LEHMAN | BIGTENTUSA “America is still a place of possibilities, a beacon for the world, a promise realized—where the power forever resides with ‘We the People’. That’s our […]
Never Turn Our Backs to Free Expression

By SUZANNE NOSSEL | PEN AMERICA, CEO Beware the artist. In the struggle against authoritarianism, artists play an overlooked role as catalysts for social change, drivers of accountability, and prophets of […]
Virginia Gov. Youngkin’s ‘Parents’ Matter’ is a political stunt. Don’t buy it.

By SARAH GROSS | WE THE PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION Over the past few weeks, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been touring the commonwealth hosting “Parents Matter” town halls. The primary […]
The Extreme Right is Working to Erase LGBTQ+ People from Public Life and Keep it That Way

By WENDY ROGOVIN | BIGTENTUSA Over 725 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced this year. The flood of anti-LGBTQ+ law-making is all part of a coordinated attack, the goal of which […]
The Science of Winning with Stories: Using Agency, Urgency, and Community

By Gretchen Barton The science of the mind has revealed much in recent years about how to achieve persuasion and mobilization among voters. It’s time to use what’s actually been […]
Turbocharging student voters

By Maxim Thorne, CEO, Civic Influencers At Civic Influencers, we are succeeding in turning out young voters that can swing elections. The right knows and fears our work—and they’re freaking […]
The Parents Bill of Rights, but only for some parents.

What happened: Sick of the pandemic restrictions and fed up with school closures, parents across the country came together to demand more control over their children’s education. Wanting a bigger say […]
Florida’s Curriculum Transparency

In 2019, I vividly remember my son Luke’s 3rd grade teacher in our public elementary school in California who had the most wonderful mini library of books in the corner […]