Progressive Infrastructure Resources

This is Commonweal Institute's collection of articles, reports and other resources focusing on development of progressive infrastructure organizations.

We hope that you can take the time to become informed on these issues, and inform others. Contact us if you have suggestions for more resources.

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Wiring the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy, Mat Bai, New York Times Magazine, July 25, 2004

A seminal article about the funding and building of progressive infrastructure around the 2004 elections.

Big $$ for Progressive Politics, Ari Berman, The Nation, October 16, 2006

The efforts of Rob Stein and Democracy Alliance to attract large donors.

A Party Inverted, Bill Bradley, The New York Times, March 30, 2005

"..some influential Democrats will have to resist entrusting their dreams to individual candidates and instead make a commitment to build a stable pyramid from the base up."