make the best ideas win.
Three decades after the ‘Massachusetts Miracle’ and fifteen years after health care reform, we still lead the nation by some measures: the most educated, second healthiest, and fourth wealthiest. To our fellow Americans, Massachusetts remains synonymous with progressivism (we do have the highest rate of self-identified liberals in the country) and as such we play an outsized role in debates over the direction of our nation. Yet when the rest of America views how our blue state uses such advantage, they see deep frustrations and challenges. We have the worst traffic, among the least affordable housing and worst school segregation, and starkest income inequality.
Over the past three years, we have polled voters, interviewed political actors and academics, and analyzed election results. It is clear that there is a gap between our values and results.
One participant crystalized our mission, asking simply, “Why don’t the best ideas win?” We aim to cultivate, elevate and effectuate the voices and solutions that stand up to special interests and best serve the people of Massachusetts.
