Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • TIME

    POLITICIANS, IN YOUR POCKET

    by Katy Steinmetz Nov 05, 2018 3 minutes
    Volunteers and California state senator Robert Hertzberg, right, participate in a text bank for Eleni Kounalakis on Oct. 20

    Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat running for lieutenant governor in California, is sitting on a couch in San Francisco, introducing herself to about one voter per second. Stylus in hand, she’s hosting a “text bank” and using an app called Hustle to rapid-fire her platform—along with appeals for support—straight to voters’ cell phones.

    “You get my vote just for reaching out,” one texts back. “Yes it’s time for more women in power!” writes another. A third is less receptive: “Piss off you

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from TIME

    TIME3 min readGender Studies
    Kathleen Hanna
    You’ve been in the public eye since you founded your groundbreaking feminist punk band Bikini Kill, over 30 years ago. When did you decide to write your memoir? I started talking about it when I was maybe 40. Then I got sick with Lyme disease, and th
    TIME6 min read
    Titans
    Last May, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory about the profound consequences of loneliness and isolation—a departure from the type of standard medical conditions his predecessors prioritized. While traveling the country, Murthy had
    TIME2 min readPolitical Ideologies
    The Party Of Mandela Fails To Deliver
    The African National Congress has led South Africa’s government since the end of apartheid in 1994. But as voters go to the polls on May 29, there’s good reason to wonder whether the ANC might be in real trouble. During the ANC’s most recent term in

    Related Books & Audiobooks