David Halperin
David Halperin engages in public advocacy work on a wide range of issues, and he advises organizations on strategy, policy, communications, and legal matters. He was previously: founding director of Campus Progress and senior vice president at the Center for American Progress; senior policy advisor for Howard Dean's presidential campaign; founding executive director of the American Constitution Society; White House speechwriter and special assistant for national security affairs to President Clinton; co-founder of the Internet company Progressive/RealNetworks; and counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee. He writes at Republic Report, and his articles also have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Nation, Politico, Slate, Foreign Policy, and other outlets. He graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School.
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.