Ben LaBolt

Ben LaBolt is a communications strategist and partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive who served on three presidential campaigns and as an adviser to Democrats such as President Barack Obama, Sen. Sherrod Brown, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

EXISTENTIAL THREAT

Amazon Fires Expose Bad Actors — What Will We Do About Them?

We need a new geopolitical handbook for the climate emergency, to catalogue the assets that protect us from it and protect those assets like our lives depend upon it.

Ben LaBolt

PREMATURE CELEBRATIONS

Trump Has an Economic Message. Dems Still Don’t.

Stressing individual issues like health care can win races in a midterm. To capture the White House, a broader economic vision is necessary.

Ben LaBolt

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PLAYING POLITICS

McConnell Plays Politics With Justice

The twisted logic behind the partisan refusal to even consider a president’s Supreme Court pick.

Ben LaBolt

TRUE COLORS

The Progressive Case for Rahm’s Re-Elect

The Chicago mayor, who is facing a runoff election, deserves more credit than he’s getting for the city’s resurgence.

Ben LaBolt