PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Helped spokespeople draft and/or edit timely opinion pieces advancing key policy objectives. Pieces published in Newsweek and Charleston Gazette-Mail, among other outlets.
When Re-Elected, Murphy Will Owe a Debt
Insider NJ (10/28/21)
With less than a week until Election Day, Governor Phil Murphy got the support of a national leader known for drawing impassioned crowds: Bernie Sanders, who traveled to Rutgers University on Thursday to stump for Murphy. This is a late-in-the-race indication that party leaders know that they need to boost enthusiasm among progressive Democratic voters in this off-year election.
Time For Manchin to Bet Big on West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail (9/21/21)
On Sept. 27, Congress is set to vote on a historic budget reconciliation bill, the Build Back Better deal.
Here in West Virginia, we have too many low-wage jobs. More than anything, we need good, family-sustaining union jobs — and that’s why Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., needs to vote yes on the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better deal.
Congress Must Expand Medicare
Newsweek (8/2/21)
The debate over the budget reconciliation bill that is heating up in Congress right now is more than just another piece of sausage making, it’s deeply personal to me.
There is a chance that this legislation could drastically improve my quality of life, let me tell you why. For the past 10 years, I’ve owned and operated an urban farm in Cleveland’s Stockyards neighborhood.