The ability to exercise leadership effectively requires skills and capacities that must be developed; they are not innate. Leadership is…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Using a new dataset capturing the ideological positioning of nearly half a million U.S. judges and lawyers, we present evidence showing how…
A new film about the labor leader reduces him to a caricature and ignores his true strengths as an organizer.
Rasmus Klies Nielsen’s Ground Wars brings refreshing focus to the role interpersonal communication can play in even the most high-tech,…
On 3 September 2008, the Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin made “community organizing” part of mainstream political…
Member-based civic associations, or citizen groups, have two crucial roles in American democracy. They advocate for members' interests in…
The progressive movement is seeing a resurgence of younger organizers thanks, in part, to the “Obama effect” of the 2008 campaign, and a…
Leadership means taking on the responsibility of creating conditions that enable others to achieve a shared purpose in the face of…