Press & Public Writing

Selected appearances and citations.

Features, op-eds, and field-facing reports.

Harvard Institute of Politics · JFK Jr. Forum

Liz at HKS

What MAGA can teach Democrats about organizing.Charles Duhigg

When Memory Serves.Micah L. Sifry

The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Say Strong Campaigns, Effective Anti-Trump Messaging Boosted Democrats in 2025 Elections.Jen L. Phan, Adelaide L.D. Roger & Alexa M. Schmitt

The Left knows how to have huge protests. The Right keeps winning elections.Op-ed

NPR · Morning Edition

No Kings Organizers Project a Massive Turnout for This Weekend's Protests.Alana Wise

No Kings Protests on Saturday: Anti-Trump Rallies Planned in 50+ US Cities.News feature

Analyst Institute

2026 “Power to the People” Expy Award.For the Civic Power report with the Pro-Democracy Campaign.

Ash Center · Harvard Kennedy School

AI and Practicing Democracy.Emily S. Lin & Marshall Ganz

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What's Your Start Agenda?Jim Bildner

Harvard Gazette

McKenna awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.Profile

Arizona organizing feature.Feature

Harvard Kennedy School · Faculty Focus

Liz McKenna: Making Sense of Social Movements and Their Role in Democracies.Nora Delaney

Power Metrics report.Co-authored field report on measuring organizing

Washington Post · Monkey Cage

Media Depicts Activists as One-Issue Ideologues. The Good Ones are Anything But.with Hahrie Han & Michelle Oyakawa

Washington Post

To Learn About the Democratic Party's Future, Look to What Latino Organizers Did in Arizona.with Hahrie Han

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Beyond Numbers.with Hahrie Han & Michelle Oyakawa · excerpt from Prisms of the People

Social Science Research Council

Constituency as an Independent Source of Power.with Michelle Oyakawa & Hahrie Han

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Building Political Bases to Make Multiracial Democracy Work.with Doran Schrantz & Michelle Oyakawa

Learning from Obama's Campaign.Andrew Mayersohn

Washington Post · Monkey Cage

Engaging Voters Can Kickstart Community Activism.with Hahrie Han

The Conversation

Getting Out the Vote: Not All Ground Games Are Alike.with Hahrie Han

Press inquiries

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