Founded in 2002, Daily Kos is a digital media platform for news you can do something about. Our staff writers share the latest stories and analysis to inform readers about hard-hitting issues that matter to progressives, and our activism team provides tools like petitions, letter writing campaigns, and organized protests to empower our readers to take action. Along with our staff news teams, we also have a community platform that gives anyone the opportunity to write about the issues that matter to them. High-profile public figures like then-Senator Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, and statistician Nate Silver are among the tens of thousands of community members—candidates, activists, and citizens—who use our platform to write, connect, and amplify important issues every day.
In addition to our news and activism, the Daily Kos Elections team provides detailed analysis on congressional elections, state, and local office races year-round. They also lead our endorsement efforts, raising millions of dollars for progressive candidates in races all over the country. Our related nonpartisan polling firm Civiqs conducts public opinion research by polling a nationally representative online survey panel on a daily basis. And our sister nonprofit Prism writes news that makes visible the people, places, and issues currently underrepresented in our democracy.
How did Daily Kos get its name?
“Kos” (rhymes with “dose”) is the name founder Markos Moulitsas originally used when he started this as a one-man blogging operation back in 2002.
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Our Political Director David Nir wrote a handy guide for how our program works here. Additionally, hundreds of progressive candidates we haven’t endorsed have posted to our platform and engaged with our audience to raise awareness of their campaigns with great success, and campaigns interested in engaging with the Daily Kos community directly are encouraged to post on the site, regardless of whether we endorse them.
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