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The Voters Did Their Part. Now It's Our Turn. By EJ Juárez, Executive Director, SiX Yesterday, voters across the country told us what they want: an economy that works for the working class, not billionaires. They want a country where the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share, where everybody has housing, healthcare – including reproductive healthcare […]

Protecting the 2026 Election: A Briefing for State Legislators With 12 days until the November 3rd midterms, state legislators hold a set of tools no one else does: you write the election laws your counties run on, you have standing relationships with the clerks, sheriffs, and prosecutors who enforce them, and your constituents already trust […]

NEW SiX CASE STUDY: How Rural Iowa Beat the Pesticide Industry's Immunity Push SiX's Food, Agriculture, and Rural Economies program has published a new case study, “Cancer, Co-Governance, and Community Power: A Case Study in Democratic Revitalization in Rural Iowa,” in the Community Organizing Journal. It examines how rural co-governance organizing can push back against […]

State Innovations: Illinois Rideshare Drivers' Victory SiX and the Center for State Labor Innovation hosted a legislator briefing in September on recent progress in Illinois led by unions, allowing gig workers to join together for better wages, working conditions, and more. Watch the video on our Youtube channel below! Our panelists, including prime sponsor of Illinois' […]