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Michael Gecan/IAF: Young progressives, beware of hitching your wagon to rising political stars

2/13/2019

 
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By Michael Gecan
 A friend in a very blue part of the country recently sent me an email describing his experience with much younger progressives singing the praises of rising political stars Beto O’Rourke and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

​His very basic question — “What have they done?” — is met with stony silence and barely restrained frustration. The message in their silence is implicit: You’re too old to understand that matching words with deeds doesn’t matter, accomplishments don’t matter. What matters is who they are — young, hip, fresh, unencumbered – and how they talk.
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Michael Gecan, Co-Director, Industrial Areas Foundation

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Durham CAN/IAF Drives Public transit forward in North Carolina

2/8/2019

 
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Leaders from 120 institutions  unite behind light rail project: Less traffic, living wage jobs, connection to education, employment, healthcare & affordable housing ​
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