by Lisa Tait | Aug 30, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive), Guest Posts
Changing hearts and minds one door at a time In 2024, Beth Ruck pounded the pavement—and dirt roads – of Delaware County. “I wasn’t born to canvass– I’m a private person!” Beth says, “but I had to do something to prevent another four years of Trump.” She wanted...
by Lisa Tait | Aug 1, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive)
The following article was published in the August 2026 edition of dcDIGEST: On July 1, nearly 15,000 people in our Congressional District 19 lost their health insurance coverage. So did 435,000 other New Yorkers statewide. It was the most rapid loss of health...
by Lisa Tait | Jul 4, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive)
Remember how you felt on Trump’s re-election? Was it grief, rage, fear, isolation? And how do you feel now? Are you no longer able to talk with certain family members? How are you managing the emotional roller coaster of this administration? This story is about how...
by Lisa Tait | Jun 2, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive)
Technology and passion. We don’t usually think of those together, but you experience their synergy in DCDC’s bi-monthly DC Resisters Zooms. When facilitator Alan Haley brings them together, the result is new, unexpected relationships. Alan grew up in Mississippi,...
by Lisa Tait | Apr 9, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive)
Kristin Antin’s special sauce is connecting needs with solutions. Kristin is a 12-year resident of the Town of Meredith, a community volunteer, newly elected town council member, campaign coordinator of her town’s recent Supervisor race, and most recently, the...
by Lisa Tait | Mar 12, 2026 | dcDIGEST, dcDigest (Archive)
Petitioning Now Through April 2. Petitioning season arrives quietly—clipboards in hand, bundled coats, familiar faces outside the post office, grocery store, and at your front door—and yet it remains one of the most powerful rituals in American civic life. Before any...
