Busy times around the old e.politics bunker lately! The day job in particular has been keeping me on my toes, but now you guys get to share in the fun. So head on over to the latest project from the National Women’s Law Center, Wal-Mart...
After waxing rhapsodic yesterday about the Digital America state-level social media roundup, I must point out another clever digital critter that struck the local fancy this week: Slate’s ongoing “Don’t-Tread-on-Meter,” which...
The world may be paying attention to Egypt’s unfolding revolution, but the Middle East isn’t the only place playing host to online-enabled political activism. This piece comes from Kayle Hatt, an up-and-coming Canadian political...
Also published on The Huffington Post John Boehner’s tears may have overshadowed the substance of his 60 Minutes appearance last Sunday, but he did mention some “serious” policy options in his time on screen. I put...
Integrate or die: words seen on Epolitics.com before and for good reason, since standalone online campaigns rarely work as well as ones combined with concrete action in the physical world. For a good example of how the virtual can combine with the...
The oil spill may be an ongoing tragedy in the Gulf, but Louisiana’s coast was in danger of disappearing for a long time before the Deepwater Horizon well was a gleam in BP’s eye. For years, a combination of levees on the Mississippi...
Also published on The Huffington Post Back in the day, a “sit-in” meant just that — taking over a physical space with physical bodies to make a political point. But the visibility of social media means that sit-ins aren’t...
The online version of an irrestistible force versus an immovable object? Lefty internet activism powerhouse MoveOn.org is now taking on Facebook, specifically over the social networking site’s new features that expose even more personal...
For more, see this take on the fundamental insincerity of YouCut Just got a call from a reporter looking for context on the latest pay-attention-to-me trick from House Republicans, announced today by Eric Cantor — they’re now going to...
Here’s a quick point that never hurts to repeat: asking people to send a message to Congress through an online advocacy system mean that you have to DELIVER the emails via the internet. In fact, it’s usually more effective to print them...