Subscribe now Share If campaign finance determines who has the resources to influence elections, then the media environment determines how those elections are understood long before voters ever cast a ballot. And in practice, those two systems now operate together in ways that shape not just political outcomes, but...

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If the first part of this series was about how money and media reshaped American democracy, then this part is about what it actually takes to change it. Subscribe now Share Because campaign finance reform is often talked about in slogans. But in practice, it is a system built on legal distinctions, court decisions,...

Subscribe now Share American democracy has always depended on a straightforward idea: voters decide who represents them. Not corporations. Not wealthy donors. Not outside groups operating in the shadows of campaign finance law. But over the last few decades, that balance has shifted in ways most people can feel but...

Subscribe now Share Across Indiana, families are already feeling the economic pressure of a changing climate. Higher insurance premiums, repeated storm damage, rising utility costs, and ongoing infrastructure repairs all add up to a simple reality: the status quo is becoming more expensive. The question now is not...

Subscribe now Share If extreme weather is becoming more expensive, the question is no longer whether communities will pay for it, but how. Across Indiana and the broader Midwest, severe storms have become a recurring reality rather than isolated events. And just as Hoosiers were dealing with the aftermath of recent...

Subscribe now Share Extreme weather is becoming more costly. Hoosier homeowners are increasingly being asked to cover the bill. Throughout the past year, Indiana communities have faced repeated severe weather events. And just this past week, cities, towns, and families across the state were once again dealing with...

Subscribe now Share In Part I, we talked about a challenge that affects nearly every American household: the growing concentration of economic power in the hands of fewer and fewer corporations. It’s a trend that has touched nearly every corner of our economy. From agriculture and health care to technology and...

Subscribe now Share When Americans talk about the economy, they often focus on prices. The cost of groceries. Housing. Prescription medications. Utilities. Those concerns are real, and they affect families every day. Behind many of those rising costs is a larger issue that receives far less attention: the growing...

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Subscribe now Share Good morning, Hoosiers. Over the past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Indiana Democratic Convention in Indianapolis, beginning with the Hoosier Hospitality Dinner on June 5 and continuing through the convention proceedings on June 6. Like many political gatherings, conventions are often...

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Due to the Indiana State Democratic Convention, we will be pausing publication of articles and newsletters until after the event concludes. There will be no new Substack publications from Friday, June 5th through Monday, June 8th as our team shifts focus to convention preparations and builds momentum for the week...

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Subscribe now Share America asks an enormous amount from the men and women who serve in uniform. We ask them to sacrifice time with their families, risk their physical and mental health and carry burdens that most Americans will never fully understand. But while Kelly Thompson’s veterans’ policy is designed to...

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Subscribe now Share Fixing education and childcare in America will require more than incremental reforms. The pressures facing families today are structural, economic, and deeply interconnected. That means the solutions must be as well. Kelly Thompson’s education and childcare plan is built on a central premise:...

Subscribe now Share Public education remains one of the most important investments the United States has ever made. For generations, it created pathways into the middle class, helped build the strongest workforce in the world, and gave millions of Americans an opportunity to move forward regardless of where they...

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Subscribe now Share Memorial Day was not always known by the name we use today. Originally called “Decoration Day,” the observance began after the Civil War, when Americans gathered to decorate the graves of Union soldiers who died during one of the bloodiest chapters in our nation’s history. Over time, that...