A New Chapter

Friends,

Over the past year, you heard from me as a candidate.

You received campaign updates, fundraising emails, and reflections on democracy as I traveled across Massachusetts trying to build a campaign rooted in honesty, urgency, and responsibility.

That campaign has ended. But the work that brought so many of us together has not.

The threats to democracy remain. The people attacking it want us to be exhausted, confused, and overwhelmed.

That is why this list is becoming something new: The Part That Matters, a newsletter about democracy, power, history, Massachusetts, and what comes next.

During the campaign, I spent a lot of time doing what I had done as a teacher: explaining complicated political fights in plain language, connecting today’s politics to history, and making the stakes easier to see. I want to keep doing that here – not as a candidate, but as a citizen.

This newsletter will be about what is happening, why it matters, who holds power, how we got here, and what comes next – especially here in Massachusetts.

My hope is that each piece gives you something useful: a clearer frame, or a better way to explain what’s happening, or a next step you can take.

The articles will be free and public because I want them to be useful. If something you read here helps you understand an issue, argue a point, make a decision, or talk to someone in your life about what is happening, I hope you’ll share it.

I am also asking people who can afford it to become paid subscribers. Not because the important pieces will be locked away, but because good writing takes time, and keeping this platform running costs money. It takes 19 paid subscribers at $5 per month to cover the basic tech costs of running this newsletter.

If you can help make this newsletter sustainable, I would be appreciative. Either way, I still want you here.

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported the campaign, volunteered, donated, showed up, signed, listened, challenged me, encouraged me, or simply stayed in the fight.

Now we keep going.

Not as a campaign.

As citizens.

As neighbors.

As people who still believe truth matters, democracy is worth defending, and power should answer to the people it affects.

I’m glad you’re here. Thanks for reading.

Peace,

Alex