Soon, members of The White House Project will have early access to online Go Lead trainings—just one of the perks of being a member of The White House Project. Let us know what sort of trainings you would like to see! Do you want to know how to raise money? How to communicate your message? […]

In defense jargon, an asymmetric advantage is where two belligerents of unequal power interact and attempt to take advantage of their opponents’ weaknesses. This interaction often involves strategies and tactics outside the bounds of conventional warfare. Part of the White House Project’s Real Security platform points out how we are literally stuck in convention– need […]

The New York Times offers its take on work/life balance this week, explaining that many women who have moved up the ladder in the work force “find themselves still yearning for something men often have: wives.” Do you relate to this article? It mentions that Ms. Magazine wrote a similar piece in 1972. Is this […]

What books have you read recently that portray strong women leaders?

Thoughts from one of The White House Project’s summer communications interns, Jessica Riegel, about attending her first Go Run political training. Find out what it’s really like to spend 48 hours in a room full of women with political aspirations! Do I want to Run? The fact that I couldn’t picture myself running for office […]

You’ve spent your day learning the nuts and bolts of political campaigning. What is the most interesting thing you’ve learned today? Are you ready to “lead a political life?”

I started this morning at a panel on Progressives and the military–moderated by Wesley Clark, and again was impressed how much national security is on the agenda at this conference. I was one of four speakers on a panel in the afternoon entitled Progressive Foreign Policy: Its Importance for Elections and Activism. It gave me […]

I arrived in Chicago this afternoon to attend the second annual YearlyKos conference (yearlykosconvention.org)–a progressive blogging gathering inspired by the website phenom dailykos.com.  Last year it debuted in Las Vegas, and the event became a barnstorming venue for prospective Democratic candidates, and shook up the MSM (mainstream media). The very prospect of several thousand individuals […]