Danielle Allen @dsallentess.bsky.social Scholar focused on democracy renovation + democracy advocate. Harvard. Partners In Democracy. Coalition for Healthy Democracy. FairVote. Author of Our Declaration, Justice by Means of Democracy, Radical Duke. Write at https://therenovator.substack.com/
Vote YES on 3! All-Party Primaries @yeson3ma.bsky.social Vote YES on 3 this November 3rd!
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Chris Van Buskirk @bychrisvan.bsky.social Covering Massachusetts state politics for @BostonGlobe.com | 🇦🇷🇺🇸 | chris.vanb@globe.com
The Renovator @democracyrenovator.bsky.social Our political institutions and civic culture in the U.S. need some serious work, if we're going to enjoy freedom in a constitutional democracy. The Renovator is a civic media platform for those ready to build, not tear down. democracyrenovator.com
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New England Public Media @nepublicmedia.bsky.social New England Public Media is your home for PBS, NPR and local perspective in western Mass. nepm.org
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MA State House Employee Union @beaconhillunion.bsky.social Organizing for livable wages, protection from harassment, diverse talent retention, and a stronger democracy w/ @IBEW. DM us to sign a union card.
Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. And sometimes fun stuff too.
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Boston Herald @bostonherald.com Starting the conversation with passionate journalism, watchdog reports, opinion and the best in NE sports
New England Innocence Project @newenglandinnocence.org Fighting for people & communities harmed by the criminal legal system. “Without freedom, we have nothing.” #FreeJasonCarroll #FreeUsAll
Boston City Council @bostoncitycouncil.bsky.social
Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social Boston Globe politics, Miami Herald alumna • Hoosier • BU grad • she/her • tips and chisme: samantha.gross@globe.com 🏳️🌈
Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social Mom. Spouse. District-flipper. Lawyer-turned-MassSenate-lawmaker. MassDems Committeewoman. Mostly: democracy, elections, politics, abortion+RJ, antisemitism, health care, environment, dogs, arts. Dancer at heart. beccarausch.com #mapoli #dailydemocracy
FairVote Minnesota @fairvotemn.bsky.social We advocate for more choice and more voice in our elections with #RankedChoiceVoting. Join the movement for better democracy and representation!
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Bhaamati Borkhetaria @bhaamatib.bsky.social Journalist at CommonWealth Beacon
Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social Senior Reporter - WBUR | Alum of MASSterList, CommonWealth Beacon, Dorchester Reporter, Boston Business Journal, MassLive and State House News Service | Email: gin.dumcius@gmail.com
CommonWealth Beacon @cwbeacon.bsky.social Politics, ideas, & civic life in MA. CommonWealth Beacon's in-depth coverage is a primary news & information source for policymakers, civic leaders & citizens. www.commonwealthbeacon.org
WBUR @wbur.org WBUR is Boston’s NPR. A public media leader committed to exceptional journalism on-air, online, on-demand and on stage.
Jennifer Smith @jenndotsmith.bsky.social Journalist at CommonWealth Beacon probably sitting on the porch of a Dorchester three-decker. Co-host of The Horse Race and The Codcast.
The parties are advised to chill. (jsmith@commonwealthbeacon.org)
State House News Service @statehousenews.com Ongoing coverage of Mass. state government.
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RepresentUs @represent.us Government for the People, not just the Powerful
Majority Rules @majorityrulesfilm.com 🗳️ Does America need a new way of voting? 📽️ Documentary from director @ajschnack.bsky.social & producer Nick Troiano. 💻 majorityrulesfilm.com #MajorityRules
RCV123.org - Ranked Choice Voting @rcv123.org Free non-profit site for running your own ranked choice voting elections. RCV123.org
ThePivotFund @thepivotfund.org The Pivot Fund disrupts and reimagines the journalism industry, ensuring equity for BIPOC-led community organizations and the BIPOC communities they serve.
gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social GBH News is your home for news, distinctive storytelling, and what matters to you in Boston and beyond. #Boston, #Massachusetts, #USA
Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org We're a nonpartisan nonprofit advancing democracy through law, focused on voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance, government ethics and the rule of law
Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social Recent candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. SamForNJ.org.
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
Freedom House @freedomhouse.bsky.social A prodemocracy organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.
⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt.org 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Senior Accelerator Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, and Taiwan's founding Minister of Digital Affairs. https://cyberambassador.tw/
Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism. This account is owned and operated by Protect Democracy United.
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League of Women Voters of Massachusetts @lwvma.bsky.social Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
https://lwvma.org/
RepresentWomen @representwomen.bsky.social RepresentWomen is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization that is redesigning our democracy to build women’s political power at every level of government! Visit our website: https://www.representwomen.org/
Voter Choice Massachusetts @voterchoicema.bsky.social We are a non-partisan, politically diverse, non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Massachusetts public about Ranked Choice Voting. https://voterchoicema.org/
More Equitable Democracy @equitabledemocracy.bsky.social
Rank the Vote @rankthevoteusa.bsky.social Rank the Vote is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization empowering people to upgrade our politics thru reforms like Ranked Choice Voting, Proportional Representation, Open Primaries, and Fair Maps.
Link in bio: linktr.ee/rankthevoteusa
MAPLE Testimony @mapletestimony.bsky.social The Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement -- non-partisan, non-profit & not affiliated with the MA legislature
John Lippitt @jalippitt.bsky.social Retired early childhood policy and program professor and manager. Democratic activist and blogger: https://www.policyforthepeople.org/. Non-profit board member and dahlia grower. A hiker and bicyclist. Grandfather to 5 boys!
Democracy Rising @wearedemocrising.bsky.social Democracy Rising works directly with communities transforming democracy to build organizing strategies and to ensure just implementation of reforms. Learn more here: https://www.wearedemocracyrising.org/
Michael Kenig @michaelkenig.bsky.social Striving to make our democracy work in order to create a more perfect union. #VoterCentric http://linkedin.com/in/michaelkenig
Examples:
Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting, Redistricting, Money in Politics, strengthening democracy
Rob Richie @robrichie.bsky.social Founder & President of @ExpandDemocracy.bsky.social. Cofounder & former CEO of @FairVote.bsky.social. Husband of @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social & father of 3. Reposts & likes are not endorsements. RRichie@ExpandDemocracy.org
Link Health @linkhealth.bsky.social We partner with clinics to connect patients to federal benefit programs that address social determinants of health and put money back into households.
https://linktr.ee/ahealthierdemocracy
@civity.bsky.social @civity.bsky.social
Citizen Data @citizendata.bsky.social Data for a stronger democracy. Helping to unite Americans across differences to drive meaningful change. More insights: https://citizendata.com/
@melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social
Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social It‘s the democracy, stupid!
www.buergerrat.de/en
Adrienne Evans @asevans.bsky.social A national and international social justice organizer, sociologist and architect of the United Vision Project countering the rise of authoritarianism in the largest known effort to reach people across extreme differences at depth and scale.
James Nichols-Worley @jnicholsworley.bsky.social Georgetown Student / Chair, Central MA Young Democrats.
Brian Wright @ohiotalks.bsky.social Founder of WrightPath Solutions, 26-year political consultant, dad and avid traveler. 🇺🇸🇮🇪
Kate @katekav.bsky.social Founder of Concord Indivisible. Proud mom of 3 great grown humans and doting nana. Fed-up American.
Future is Now Coalition (FiNC) @futureisorg.bsky.social Building a new kind of politics—where people reclaim democracy from rigged influence and start owning the future.
Digital Politics: Think Different, Vote Different.
🌎Learn more: futureis.org
🎙️Breaking down our mission→ https://spoti.fi/3ZuQqda
Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social The Movement Motivator. Political consultant, trainer, and democracy coach. Abolition accomplice. Multi-modal transit and community-building enthusiast.(She/her/hers) 🌈🖤 🌹🌻 🕊✊🏼🚲🚉
Uncap the House @uncapthehouse.bsky.social We are a movement to remove the 435 cap on the US House of Representatives by 2029, the 100-year anniversary of the cap.
@act-on-mass.bsky.social @act-on-mass.bsky.social Fighting for progressive policies + accountability in the MA State House through education and organizing. #mapoli
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Indivisible Mass Coalition @indivisiblemass.bsky.social The Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition is supports the efforts of Indivisible groups and other advocacy groups across the Commonwealth. Connect with us to help protect and build a stronger democracy!
https://indivisible-ma.org/
ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social We work in the:
⚖️ Courts | 🏛 Legislature | 🗣 Communities to protect civil liberties for all in Massachusetts.
Liz Sweet @lizgsweet.bsky.social ED @MIRA Coalition. Pursuing justice for all, and especially immigrants. All views my own.
Cynthia Richie Terrell @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social Quaker, knitter, gardener, democracy & gender balance advocate, & director of RepresentWomen
Indivisible LAB @indivisiblelab.bsky.social A place for people in Lexington, Arlington, Bedford, and beyond to build community and take collective action at the local, state, and federal level. We are both a local Indivisible group and a Progressive Mass chapter.
IndivisibleLAB.org #mapoli
Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social Member-based advocacy group fighting for a more equitable, just, sustainable and democratic Commonwealth
https://progressivemass.com
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
Aliya Bhatia @aliyabhatia.bsky.social Tech & human rights @cdt.org
Posts, thoughts, dreams my own.
Not Alia Bhatt
aliya-bhatia.com
A Healthier Democracy @ahdemocracy.bsky.social Building platforms for collaboration and community organizing at the intersection of health and civic engagement to maximize collective impact. https://linktr.ee/ahealthierdemocracy
Gabe Lerner @gabe-lerner.bsky.social doin stuff to help US democracy (but not in a boring way)
I write: https://democracynotes.substack.com/
Democracy Notes Perspectives @democracy-notes.bsky.social Perspectives and analysis for (and from) the US democracy space.
https://democracynotesperspectives.substack.com/
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Common Cause @commoncause.org We are the People's Lobby. Holding power accountable for 55+ years.
Join us - https://www.commoncause.org/
Ohio Voter Rights Coalition @ohiovotercoalition.bsky.social Ohio's coalition of voter advocates dedicated to ensuring that all eligible voters can vote and have their votes counted.
Norman Quist @quist.bsky.social Executive Editor, The Journal of Clinical Ethics, The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jce/current
Eli Pariser @eli.bsky.social @newpublic.org cofounder / Filter Bubble author / dad, husband, human
Council President Kyle Herman 🇺🇸🗽 @kylehermanohio.bsky.social President of Stow City Council. Chair of Ohio Dems Pride Caucus. Thinking globally, acting locally. #RankedChoiceVoting can help democracy. Action over apathy. Views mine. HermanForStow.com
Eileen Reavey @eileenreavey.bsky.social Electoral reformer.
FairVote @fairvote.bsky.social Nonpartisan organization seeking better elections. We advance voting reforms that make democracy more functional and representative.
Rank the Vote Ohio @rankthevoteohio.bsky.social Ohio’s nonpartisan nonprofit for #InstantRunoffs with #RankedChoiceVoting so all Ohioans can have more choice and more voice. RankTheVoteOhio.org
Joe Goldman @joegoldman.bsky.social I run a foundation and work to create a more inclusive democracy. You can learn about what I do at work at www.democracyfund.org, but my posts here only reflect my personal views.
Retta Morris (she/her) @rettaglobal.bsky.social Daughter of the South. Community builder. Spiritual truth-seeker. Art collector. Writer. Speaker. Neighbor. Pres@Borealis Philanthropy
Ask me re: racial/gender/disability/economic justice; building a multiracial, feminist democracy; funding social change
Melissa Spatz @melissaspatz.bsky.social These times call for moxie.
Bringing US philanthropy together to defend democracy and push back against authoritarianism. Posts are my own.
Alexandra Acker-Lyons @alackerlyons.bsky.social Political dork, Democrats, repro rights, women, democracy. Avid reader. Mom. Colorado.
Beth Huang @bhuang12.bsky.social Organizer, runner, Virgo & ex-gymnast ✊🌹🏃🏻♀️♍️🤸🏻✨
Ithaca, NY, now but #WIUnion forever. All thoughts my own.
Amber French @amberfrench.bsky.social
Ford Foundation @fordfoundation.org Justice begins where inequality ends. We’re building a world where everyone has the power to shape their lives.
fordfoundation.org
Democracy Fund @democracyfund.bsky.social Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy.
Democracy Fund Voice @democracyfundvoice.bsky.social Democracy Fund Voice is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping America build a stronger, healthier democracy.
Leah Hunt-Hendrix @lhh.bsky.social Author of Solidarity: the Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea.
Tory Gavito @torygavito.bsky.social Way to Win, President. Political Strategist. Tejana (for now-- monitoring the heat under Trump II / Abbott Regime).
Jenifer Fernandez Ancona @jenancona.bsky.social Co-founder, Way to Win
Solidaire Network @solidaire.bsky.social Solidaire Network nurtures relationships between social movements and donor and funder members to create regenerative systems rooted in love and justice.
Josh Stearns @jcstearns.bsky.social Working at the intersection of journalism, community and democracy.
Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social A power network of organizers, activists and donors. We're here to upend politics as usual with research, intelligence and strategic action from across the winning diverse Democratic coalition. Listen to our new podcast, Charting the Way Forward!
Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org
Lori McGlinchey @macvie.bsky.social Technology+Society - Ford Foundation
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Molly de Aguiar @mollydea.bsky.social Philanthropy professional w/ 20 yrs experience funding grassroots media. Faves: Philly, architecture, graphic design, travel, snail mail, dogs, ferries, riding bikes.
John Palfrey @palfrey.org President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation- M mikeberkowitz.bsky.social @mikeberkowitz.bsky.social
Erika Wood @aeryka.bsky.social
Tides @tidescommunity.bsky.social A nonprofit and philanthropic organization advancing social justice. We shift power to groups which have historically been denied power.
tides.org