by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 5, 2026 | Emails
Republicans are worried. Friends, At Vote Common Good, we’re crossing the nation talking to individual voters to make the case — and we’re going to the most critical states this week. It just so happens to coincide with this news:...
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 4, 2026 | Emails
And pretty good news too. Friends, Our Faith, Hope, & Love bus is in Holland, Michigan today after leaving TEDX Chicago. Our film, Who’s the We?, had a tremendous impact — thanks to the incredible, brave voices in it. And thanks to you...
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 3, 2026 | Emails
ICE is hurting children every day in this country. Friends, I’ve stood with the families praying for loved ones trapped in Alligator Alcatraz more than once, and I’ve seen the devastation brought to my own community in Minneapolis during ICE’s...
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 2, 2026 | Emails
But we’re never giving up. Friends, You never know what will happen when you’re on the road fighting for democracy. Many enemies lurk — including low-hanging tree limbs. One knocked the horn right off our bus roof. And that was just one...
by Vote Common Good Team | Sep 30, 2026 | Emails
People thought I was nuts. Friends, On our first bus tour in 2018, when I told people we were mobilizing faith voters to vote for Democrats, more than one person looked at me like I was a little nuts. By then, it was long assumed those voters weren’t for...
by Vote Common Good Team | Sep 29, 2026 | Emails
We really are turning our anger into something special. Friends, Yesterday was phenomenal. The Faith, Hope, & Love bus made it to my hometown of Minneapolis, and we sat together at the Riverview Theater to watch our film, Who’s the...
by Vote Common Good Team | Sep 29, 2026 | Press Coverage
James Talarico speaks to crowd. (Talarico for Texas campaign website) Doug Pagitt, executive director of progressive group Vote Common Good, counts nine clergy running for federal office this cycle as Democrats — something he hasn’t seen before. “The idea that a faith...
by Vote Common Good Team | Sep 28, 2026 | Emails
An exciting opportunity for Who’s the We? Friends, TED Talks are a huge brand — maybe you’ve seen one, spoken in one, or watched them on YouTube. Well, TEDxChicago wants Who’s The We? — our documentary on immigration, which...
by Vote Common Good Team | Sep 27, 2026 | Emails
This is what people are asking for, and you can help. Friends, “We need to encourage each other to KEEP MOVING FORWARD because you are making a difference.” That’s what Rev. Carolyn Blair wrote me the morning after I left her church in...
by Vote Common Good Team | Sep 25, 2026 | Emails
Friends, From October 17 to 28, Vote Common Good, Faith Out Loud, and Greater Things Foundation are taking the Freedom Ride: twelve days on a bus, from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, broadly retracing the route the original 1961 Freedom Riders set out on....
