Midterms approach, and the overall threat to democracy is bigger than our minds can comprehend. The crisis is very real, but there are things progressive leaders can do to help lead us out of it. We’re in the fight of our lives. It’s time to act like it.
Author: Jim Grossfeld
Jim Grossfeld is a writer living a Bethesda, Maryland. He previously covered the women bolstering Michigan's Democratic wins at The American Prospect.
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