Personal Stories

The Stories team identifies and interviews Americans nationwide whose stories demonstrate the value of progressive policies. The team works with storytellers to elevate their experiences through press interviews, op-eds, videos, and graphics, as well as events and monthly story collections. This page showcases some of that work. For more information about the Stories program, please contact Sage Warner at [email protected].


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Infrastructure

Viewpoint: Lansing’s growth momentum spurred by federal, state investments

Viewpoint: Lansing’s growth momentum spurred by federal, state investments

Mayor Andy Schor (D) of Lansing, Michigan, writes about how federal investments are positively affecting citizens in his community, from the creation of new union jobs to the expansion of infrastructure for clean energy and electric vehicles.

the Lansing State Journal

Andy Schor

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Environmental and Climate Justice

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People

JoAnn Armenta, the CEO of an organization that provides workforce training and resources to the Navajo people, shares how the Inflation Reduction Act has helped her organization provide community members with the skills to start their own solar businesses.

The Copper Courier

JoAnn Armenta

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Viewpoint: Lansing’s growth momentum spurred by federal, state investments Personal Story

Viewpoint: Lansing’s growth momentum spurred by federal, state investments

Mayor Andy Schor (D) of Lansing, Michigan, writes about how federal investments are positively affecting citizens in his community, from the creation of new union jobs to the expansion of infrastructure for clean energy and electric vehicles.

the Lansing State Journal

Andy Schor

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody Personal Story

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody

Cristian Cespedes, a union member from Las Vegas, shares how federal infrastructure investments and regulations help create jobs and drive up wages for both union and nonunion workers alike.

The Las Vegas Sun News

Cristian Cespedes

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona Personal Story

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, the medical director of a family planning center, shares the potential threats to health care access that could result from a budget proposal put forward by a group of Republicans in Congress.

Arizona Daily Star

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People Personal Story

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People

JoAnn Armenta, the CEO of an organization that provides workforce training and resources to the Navajo people, shares how the Inflation Reduction Act has helped her organization provide community members with the skills to start their own solar businesses.

The Copper Courier

JoAnn Armenta

Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life Personal Story

Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life

Joshua Swindells, who dropped out of school as a teenager to care for his elderly parents, explains how a federally funded apprenticeship program allowed him to return to his education and gain valuable work experience in the information technology field. Joshua fears that proposals to cut federal workforce funding could harm young people such as him.

Cardinal & Pine

Joshua Swindells

Opinion: At 19, I was homeless. Now at 25, I’m a homeowner with a good-paying union job. Personal Story

Opinion: At 19, I was homeless. Now at 25, I’m a homeowner with a good-paying union job.

Michigan carpenter Raquell Rivera describes how her career as a union carpenter enabled her to transition out of homelessness and become a homeowner. Raquell explains how proposed cuts to federal workforce development funding could threaten both the preapprenticeship program she attended and similar programs.

The Michigan Independent

Raquell Rivera

I’m a Union Worker in Pennsylvania. I Know Biden’s Got Our Back. Personal Story

I’m a Union Worker in Pennsylvania. I Know Biden’s Got Our Back.

Sherice Workman, a union carpenter who worked on the historic 12-day repair of I-95 in Philadelphia, shares how federal infrastructure investments are creating a boom in union career opportunities within the skilled trades.

The Keystone

Sherice Workman

Opinion: The Affordable Care Act saved my daughter’s life. We must keep strengthening it for patients like her. Personal Story

Opinion: The Affordable Care Act saved my daughter’s life. We must keep strengthening it for patients like her.

William Garcia shares his story about how the Affordable Care Act provided his daughter with critical access to health care. William’s story exemplifies the importance of the law and the need to expand it.

The Wisconsin Independent

William Garcia

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