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The (Underrated) Key that Gets Politicians to Yes

It’s been said that the fastest way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. And it’s true that chocolate chip zucchini bread has delivered me from many a grumpy mood. For politicians, though, the fastest way to their heart is often through their district. What, pray tell,

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A Secret of the Best Lobbyists (and How You Can Use It)

If you were to field trip over to Capitol Hill one morning and look at who's waiting in the security line, you may see some well-dressed folks, their coiffed hair somehow unimpacted by the day’s humidity. These dapper people pass through the magnotrometers and walk sure-

A Secret of the Best Lobbyists (and How You Can Use It)

A Tuesday Treat: Two Simple Ways to Get Politicians to Listen to You

Hello Wonderful Policy Lover! Our country is in a tough spot, so what better time to double the democracy tools you get each week: Policy is for Lovers now arrives Tuesdays and Fridays! One of the most overlooked numbers in our country is 364. Democracy doesn’t just happen on

What Congress is Doing Right Now

Ask many a kiddo what their favorite part of school is and money’s good they’ll say, “RECESS!” Interestingly, Members of Congress also have recess. In fact, at the time of this writing, the U.S. House of Representatives is on recess, and the Senate is on track to

For When You Think Policy Change Can’t Happen

Hello Wonderful Reader! I’m on a family holiday today, so here’s a little essay near and dear to my heart from the archives. Wishing you all good things ahead, Caitie There were ashtrays in our desks! a woman once told me of her 1960s college days. The professors

The Unsung Power of Ordering Off the Menu

It amazes me how one comment is enough to change you, even enlarge you. It came over lunch in Providence, which seems a fitting name for a place to be transformed in. Getting useful advice is hard, my friend said as we waited for sandwiches. It’s easy to get

How We Reply to Violence

There is an old line the internet attributes to Albert Einstein that goes something like this: "Problems can never be solved by the way of thinking that first created them." If not Einstein, maybe it was Mark Twain, ancient Greek poet Sappho, or a World History teacher in

Believing in a World We Haven’t Yet Seen

Some years ago, I went to a farm in rural Virginia. To get there, you drove past dilapidated barns, land for sale, abandoned property. Then, you arrive at this beauty of a farm with miles of Ireland-green grass and blissed out cows. I was with a small group and

For When You Think Policy Change Can’t Happen

Hello Wonderful Reader! I’m off this holiday weekend, so pulled this favorite from the archives. Grateful, as ever, to share some of the week with you. Big cool (since we’ve got enough warmth) from up north, Caitie There were ashtrays in our desks! a woman once told me