Jack, as we approach our 20th anniversary, I can't help but think that there is no other media organization like Daily Kos. There never has been, and maybe there never will be. Just take a look at what Daily Kos does and how we operate:
- Our largest source of income is our community of readers and activists. This makes us accountable to average Americans and not to big corporations or a billionaire backer.
- Daily Kos is openly and proudly progressive. We take sides against entrenched, powerful and corrupt interests rather than presenting both sides as equal in an effort to promote a non-existent "balance" between the two.
- We don't just write about the relative merits of one side vs the other either—we give our readers, like you, the tools to take action on the stories you're reading. For example, Daily Kos readers and activists sent more than 500,000 letters to the Senate urging the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
- Finally, we invite everyone to come to our site and make their own voices heard not just in the comments section, but by writing and publishing their own stories on the site, and by determining which articles receive the most visibility.
These things—a grassroots funding model, a progressive agenda, a union between news and action, and a platform that any American can come to use—can't be found anywhere else. It's a model that has proven enormously successful. While media outlets big and small, corporate and independent, national and local, print and online have been forced cut back through layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts, and reduced benefits, Daily Kos has survived the headwinds of the changing media landscape and grown larger.
Daily Kos has been bringing you progressive, participatory news you can do something about for 20 years because of the support of readers and activists like you. Help us keep fighting for 20 more by becoming a $5 monthly donor to Daily Kos.
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In solidarity,
Chris Bowers, Daily Kos
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