| Excerpt: | In the ninth and final installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with activist and filmmaker Abigail Disney about her film "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales," labor organizing, and improving the lives of the workers at the Happiest Place on Earth. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events |
| Tags: | Collective Bargaining, Fair Wages & Leave, Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Monthly Archives: August 2022
NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking about tech for volunteers with Samantha Boucher
| Excerpt: | In this eighth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Samantha Boucher, CEO and Co-Founder of Shire, a digital organizing platform, to discuss smart organizing strategies, engaging volunteers, and how to make campaign tools more accessible for the new generation of voters. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Monday, August 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Events, Technology |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking youth activism, plants with Brian Wingbermuehle
| Excerpt: | In this seventh installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Brian Wingbermuehle, the youngest Democratic committee member for St. Louis County, about the challenges facing young progressive activists and protecting plants from climate damage. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Sunday, August 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Events, Our Environment, Policy Topics, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Conservation, Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking utilizing technology in organizing with Brian T. Smith
| Excerpt: | In this fifth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Brian T. Smith about his organization's new social network, Unified. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Friday, August 26th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Events, Series & Special Reports, Technology |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Patty Murray is currently the highest-rated elected official in King County, NPI poll finds
| Excerpt: | 64% of 2022 likely King County voters surveyed said they approved of Murray's job performance, while 26% disapproved. 9% were not sure. That's a stronger showing than every other elected official we tested. |
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| Published at: | 11:33 AM on Friday, August 26th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Leg, WA-Sen |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking ending felony disenfranchisement with Nicole Porter
| Excerpt: | In this fifth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Nicole Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy for The Sentencing Project, about restoring fundamental liberties to those with felony convictions. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, Nondiscrimination, NPI@NN |
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“For the benefit and enjoyment of all of the people”: Denali-inspired reflections on the necessity of conservation’s future in Alaska
| Excerpt: | National parks, once derided by interests bent on resource extraction, have been a huge blessing for Alaska, supporting a robust tourism sector and ensuring that wild places like Denali remain as unspoiled and breathtaking as they were in bygone eras. Yet more areas of The Last Frontier still await protection from development. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking SCOTUS reform with Sarah Lipton-Lubet
| Excerpt: | In this fourth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Take Back the Court Foundation Executive Director, Sarah Lipton-Lubet, about adding justices to secure abortion rights |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Events, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN, U.S. Supreme Court Expansion |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking smart campaign strategies with Stephanie Taylor
| Excerpt: | In this third installment of NPI@NN, NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, about smart strategies for Democratic campaigns in the 2022 midterms and beyond. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Elections, Events, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN, Partybuilding |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking abortion rights and disability justice with Cori Frazer
| Excerpt: | In this second installment of NPI@NN, NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with the Executive Director at the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy, Cori Frazer, about the intersections of abortion rights and disability. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Monday, August 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Events, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, Nondiscrimination, NPI@NN |
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NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking media and movement history with Markos Moulitsas
| Excerpt: | In the inaugural installment of NPI@NN, NPI's Caya Berndt spoke with Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos about the state of our democracy, historic right wing dominance of the fourth estate, and the upcoming midterm elections. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Sunday, August 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Events, Live Coverage |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Netroots Nation 2022 — Day 3 — Featured Panel: Post-Roe Does Not Mean Post-Abortion
| Excerpt: | “Every movement can be tracked back to the importance of abortion access,” said Lizz Winstead of the Abortion Access Front. This was the central theme of Saturday morning's Netroots Nation panel titled: Post-Roe Doesn’t Mean Post Abortion…If You Step Up. |
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| Published at: | 5:09 PM on Saturday, August 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN 2022 |
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Democratic hopeful and Alaska Native Mary Peltola wins special election for U.S. House