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Nick Penniman

Founder and CEO


Prior to founding Issue One, Nick was the founder and executive director of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Washington director of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, and publisher of the Washington Monthly magazine. In 2016, he coauthored Nation on the Take with Wendell Potter, which was widely embraced, from liberal New York Times columnists to Republican senators. He has served on multiple nonprofit boards, including the Center for Responsive Politics and the Homeless Empowerment Project.

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Dec 13, 2019

Op-eds

Chronicle of Philanthropy: Foundations, it’s time to give 1% of your assets to fix Democracy

This op-ed by Nick Penniman and Ian Simmons originally appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Today, the foundations of our republic are cracking. The rule of law, the underpinning of…

Oct 03, 2019

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There is no silver bullet to fixing our broken political system.

This op-ed originally appeared in The Fulcrum. I started Issue One five years ago to recruit more voices from inside and outside Washington into the movement fixing our ailing democracy.…

Jun 14, 2019

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It’s time to protect our elections from foreign interference.

This op-ed originally appeared in the Baltimore Sun. Our country is facing a national emergency. Not a single credible person in the federal government disputes the fact that foreign actors…

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