The Working Families Party reframes populism as solidarity instead of spectacle.
Fusion voting exposes how democracy can evolve beyond the two-party cage.
Economic dignity depends on rejecting billionaire politics disguised as “common sense.”
Hope becomes strategy when it’s organized, not outsourced.
Tim, April, and Maurice Mitchell break through the myth that real change requires choosing between weak and crazy. Their exchange turns politics back into a collective act of imagination — not a brand war, but a moral project rooted in working people’s lives. The Working Families Party’s approach isn’t rebellion for its own sake; it’s a redesign of power, where voters stop renting their voice to parties that no longer serve them. Every idea circles back to dignity: fair wages, affordable lives, and freedom from fear disguised as pragmatism. In that frame, hope stops being a punchline and starts feeling like political muscle — something built, not believed in. It’s a reminder that populism only works when it remembers who it’s for — and who it refuses to leave behind.
Tim Whitaker is the founder of The New Evangelicals, and April Ajoy is the author ofStar Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism And Finding True Faith.
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“Women are the kind of people that people come out of.” – The Rev. Doug Wilson, August 7, 2025
