Press & Public Writing

Selected appearances and citations.

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

Liz McKenna at Bloomberg Harvard exec ed
Liz at HKS Bloomberg Exec Ed
Feb 2026
The New Yorker
What MAGA can teach Democrats about organizing.Charles Duhigg
Feature
Oct 2025
Boston Globe
The Left knows how to have huge protests. The Right keeps winning elections.Op-ed
Op-ed
2025
Pro-Democracy Campaign
Pro-Democracy Campaign report.Analyst Institute Expy Award
Report
2024
Harvard Gazette
McKenna awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.Profile
Feature
2024
The New Yorker
Arizona organizing feature.Feature
Feature
2023
DPI Fund
Power Metrics report.Co-authored field report on measuring organizing
Report
2021
Washington Post · Monkey Cage
What organizers actually do, and why it matters for democracy.Analysis
Op-ed
2020/2021
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Essays on organizing, philanthropy, and civic infrastructure.SSIR
Essay
2019
The New York Times
Republicans are using the Obama playbook against Obama's party.Op-ed
Op-ed
2014
Washington Post · Monkey Cage
Earlier Monkey Cage analysis.Analysis
Op-ed
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