Deepak Bhargava

Deepak Bhargava is the President of the JPB Foundation, which helps people who have been denied power to build it. He was previously President of Community Change, distinguished lecturer at CUNY’s School of Labor and Urban Studies, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. He is the co-author of Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World and coeditor of Immigration Matters: Visions, Strategies and Movements for a Progressive Future.

Obama’s Twisted Logic on Deportations

Obama’s Twisted Logic on Deportations Obama’s Twisted Logic on Deportations

The way to keep families together is to keep tearing them apart? Please.

Sep 10, 2014 / Deepak Bhargava

Why Obama? Why Obama?

The stakes in 2012 and beyond.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Deepak Bhargava

Moving Forward Moving Forward

Why progressives need to own Obama's achievements—and build a movement to pressure him to do more.

Oct 20, 2010 / Feature / Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava

The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics

The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics

For all the supposed preparation progressives did for a return to political power, we haven’t figured out how to relate to an actual government. If progressives cannot "...

Oct 11, 2010 / Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava

For Jobs, Justice and Education

For Jobs, Justice and Education For Jobs, Justice and Education

For nearly two years, the loudest and most insistent voices in American politics have been on the extreme right. At the One Nation, Working Together march, this is going to ch...

Sep 24, 2010 / Benjamin Todd Jealous and Deepak Bhargava

Holding the Center

Holding the Center Holding the Center

To build on the gains of Obama's presidency, progressive activists must focus on recruitment.

Jun 30, 2010 / Feature / Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava

The Fight of Our Lives The Fight of Our Lives

Passing progressive immigration legislation this year is a moral imperative. History is in our hands.

Apr 19, 2007 / Deepak Bhargava and Angelica Salas

Wrong About the Right Wrong About the Right

Progressives lack a common set of that tie a movement together. But they can build on conservatives' proven strategy of slowly creating a broad consensus.

Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava

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