Linda Burnham

Linda Burnham is the former national research director and senior adviser at the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She co-edited, with Max Elbaum and María Poblet, Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections (OR Books, 2022), which tells the story of how Black Voters Matter, UNITE HERE, and organizations across the country contributed to the defeat of Donald Trump.

A woman holds a Black Voters Matter sign while driving in a protest march on April 22, 2021 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

The Future of Democracy Depends on the Ground Game The Future of Democracy Depends on the Ground Game

The street-level work to educate and motivate voters goes uncelebrated, but our norms and institutions depend upon it.

Oct 12, 2022 / Linda Burnham

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