The party has been pressured to avoid ‘woke’ policies. Instead, Democrats must stand firmly for equality and invest in mobilizationToo many Democrats believe that fighting for justice and equality is a losing proposition. This gets boiled down to the shorthand that Donald Trump won because Democ rats were too “woke” and paid insufficient attention to the economic issues voters really care about, driving those voters away.This mindset is misguided and potentially politically suicidal. Explicitly and aggressively fighting for justice and equality is the best – and possibly the only – winning strategy at this stage of US history. Continue reading... ...read more read less