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The Biographer and the Politician: Remembering Jim Jontz

Editors · September 21, 2020 ·

JimJontz

Ray E. Boomhower
Against the backdrop of today’s divisive political atmosphere, we asked historian Ray Boomhower, author of The People’s Choice: Congressman Jim Jontz of Indiana (2012), to write a personal remembrance of the late Jim Jontz’s years as a liberal Member of Congress and state representative in conservative Indiana. Many long-time ADA members are familiar with Jim’s service as ADA President and as the founding director of ADA’s organizing project in the nation’s heartland, Working Families Win.

Filed Under: Current Issue, October 2020, Politics & Government

The Commentator Interviews Jamie Raskin

Editors · September 19, 2020 ·

Rep. Jamie Raskin.

David Jacobs
In early June 2019, I had an opportunity to speak with ADA National Board member and Member of Congress Jamie Raskin, D-MD. Jamie is one of the most creative activists for democracy I have ever encountered. Doubtless, you have seen him arguing for the impeachment of President Trump in the House and against authoritarianism in the media.
In the following transcription of our chat, Jamie makes clear how he regards past “civilizing” movements as his inspiration.

Filed Under: Current Issue, October 2020, Politics & Government

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The Biographer and the Politician: Remembering Jim Jontz

The Commentator Interviews Jamie Raskin

The Green New Deal We Need Is Profoundly Conservative

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