Blue State Blueprint: How Democrats are trying to build a national majority from the ground up
Colorado Democrats won the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general and the majority of the state Senate in 2018, giving them total dominance of state government for the first time since 1938 and cementing Colorado’s 15-year shift from reliably purple to solidly blue.
Democrats bet big on Obamacare to win Virginia statehouse
“Defending Medicaid expansion is a message that I think resonates for Democratic voters and is an important message for candidates this year,” said Gaby Goldstein of the Sister District Project, a progressive advocacy group working to flip control of state legislatures to Democrats.
GOP lawmaker doesn’t want background checks for guns since some terrorists use bombs
“DeSteph’s own community of Virginia Beach was ravaged by gun violence,” Gaby Goldstein, political director of the Sister District Project, told Shareblue Media. “The people of Virginia Beach deserve a state senator who will fight to keep them safe. Luckily, DeSteph is being challenged this year by Missy Cotter Smasal, a Democrat who is not afraid to stand up for gun safety and gun violence prevention.”
Why we won’t work with organizations that profit off people who spread violent, racist ideas
Gun violence, racial violence, and domestic terrorism are not topics that people tend to directly connect to technology decisions and strategy. But at Sister District, we view our technical infrastructure, digital security, and communications strategy as part of the same ecosystem. That’s why we won’t work with companies that are also willing to do business […]
Democrats’ focus on the White House may be crowding out the statehouse — and it might cost them big
The party has long been hobbled by a tendency to focus on the federal government while Republicans made major investments in the states. This cycle, some party leaders are sounding the alarm.
Environmental Protections: Here’s what our candidates say.
On June 16th, The Trump administration issued its replacement for President Barack Obama’s climate change regulation. This roll-back effectively cripples the Obama’s EPA’s plan, which was the center of his climate change efforts in 2016.
Reflections from Netroots Nation 2019
Last week, I had the great pleasure of participating on a panel at Netroots Nation with Philadelphia Councilmember Helen Gym, EMILY’s List’s Western Director for State and Local, Johanna Silva Waki, and moderated by Krithika Harish from the Pipeline Initiative. The topic of the panel was Building the Bench: Racial Equity and Diversity at the […]
Sister District Makes a Splash at Netroots Nation 2019
Sister District made a splash this year at Netroots Nation, one of the largest annual gatherings of progressive professionals in the country. This year’s conference was in Philadelphia, from July 11-13. Co-Founders Gaby Goldstein and Lala Wu each appeared on panels with other prominent industry professionals; and Co-Founder Lyzz Schwegler and Head of Technology Cat […]
The fight for a fair census is not over
Co-Founder and Political Director Gaby Goldstein writes: “Even if the citizenship question does not end up on the 2020 census, there are serious hurdles ahead in census implementation, many of which fall to states to manage and mitigate.”
The Supreme Court upheld partisan gerrymandering. Here’s what our candidates say
On June 27, the Supreme Court put its thumb on the scale to permit partisan gerrymandering and help Republicans stay in power for the next decade. In a 5-4 decision, the Court gave politicians the green light to draw voting district lines for partisan purposes, allowing those in power to choose their voters rather than […]
