The nation is locked in a state of polarization unprecedented in the past half-century, with deep, volatile divisions around issues of politics, race, religion, and the environment. These issues can ...

WASHINGTON — This summer, with Americans hunkered down at home as the Covid-19 pandemic raged, teams of organizers located in a half-dozen battleground states made thousands of phone calls and put a ...

It’s Nov. 1, and Precious Cogwell is canvassing in Alamance County, North Carolina, encouraging people to go to the polls the next day. No one answers Cogwell’s knock at the front door of a brick ...

“Deep canvassing” offers a model for how anti-racist Americans can practice what they preach and work to promote racial justice narratives. Sonali Kolhatkar, award-winning multimedia journalist, ...

Edna comes to the door behind a walker, her dog barking. The dog has a sad story, she tells her unexpected visitor: it has liver problems, and she needs to put it down. She’s 86 and has a ...

Deep Canvassing is a canvassing method that will be critical in getting undecided voters to support Joe Biden because it involves building a deep connection with people who are suffering through this ...

It is becoming axiomatic that you can’t talk people out of hardened views. Particularly on political subjects; the common view is that we are in a “post-persuasion” era. Perhaps that depressing ...

A national network of grassroots organizations says a new form of canvassing can help change the preferences of voters, including those living in rural areas, to generate more support for progressive ...

The nation is locked in a state of polarization unprecedented in the past half-century, with deep, volatile divisions around issues of politics, race, religion and the environment. These issues can ...

People who are going door to door in rural Colorado are taking a longer view of how political campaigning can help build stronger, more responsive communities. Mary Dodd is the chair of the Montezuma ...