Where is Mitch McConnell? The People Deserve Answers

The silence around Mitch McConnell’s health is raising a question both parties would rather dodge, and the way they’re dodging it tells you a lot about our politics. Read more.

With control of the Senate potentially hinging on seats like Kentucky’s, are you tuning in to the midterms yet? As November approaches, what do you wish more politicians would address? Is there one issue that’ll decide your vote? Reply to this newsletter and tell us. We’ll feature the best replies in an upcoming blog.

Trans athletes in sports. The WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham reignited America’s biggest sports debate just weeks after the Supreme Court voted to uphold state laws requiring student-athletes to compete based on biological sex. Inside the controversy.

Sharon McMahon: Democracy starts in your community. On the Let’s Talk, Sis podcast, Builders Movement Partner Sharon McMahon explains that if the government is “of the people,” then democracy depends on people taking responsibility for the communities they’re part of. What YOU can do.

Is the American Dream still alive? In the third episode of our series Bite to Unite: The Discussion, four Americans from different backgrounds and perspectives explore what opportunity, freedom, and belonging look like in a changing country. They share personal stories of immigration, overcoming hardship, building a future, and the progress they’ve seen — while also wrestling with the barriers that still exist for many Americans. Watch the full debate on YouTube.

World Central Kitchen and celebrity chef José Andrés are joining the Builders BBQ Challenge to prove a shared plate can bring anyone together.

This summer, the Builders BBQ Challenge is asking people across the country to fire up the grill and invite someone who sees the world differently to share a meal. It’s a backyard-sized answer to a divided moment: good food, real conversation, and neighbors rediscovering how much they have in common.

And we’ve got legendary company in the kitchen. We’re proud to partner with World Central Kitchen, the organization that’s first to the frontlines with hot meals in the face of humanitarian, climate, and community crises. WCK was founded by Movement Partner José Andrés, the Spanish-American celebrity chef and the organization’s Chief Feeding Officer, who has spent his career proving that a shared plate can do what almost nothing else can: bring people together.

WCK is even helping stock your table: the first 250 people who sign up to host a Builders BBQ will receive a free kit that includes a book full of BBQ-ready recipes from Andrés, so you’ll have plenty of good food to gather around.

So fire up the grill, invite someone who sees the world differently, and join a movement that believes the country gets stronger every time neighbors sit down to eat together.

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