"Addressing the most pressing challenges we face"

Project 2029's response to Jamelle Bouie in The New York Times on June 12, 2026:

To the Editor:

Re “What Would Lincoln Do?,” by Jamelle Bouie (column, June 7):

Mr. Bouie is right: This moment demands more than tinkering on the margins — opposing President Trump is not enough. That is precisely what Project 2029, referred to in the column, is all about.

We are bringing together hundreds of thinkers and leaders to develop a wide-ranging, hopeful vision for what comes next. That vision must include addressing the structural barriers that enable corruption, concentrate power in the hands of the few and undermine the rule of law.

In the coming months, Project 2029 will put forward big ideas that include reforming our courts and the Constitution. But an aspirational vision cannot just be about Senate procedures and the judiciary.

A Pew survey from October found that just 8 percent of Americans say Democrats have “a lot of good ideas.” People are desperate to understand what we are for and how we’re addressing the most pressing challenges we face, from housing to health care to A.I.

So, yes, we need a plan for how “a future Democratic-led government might wield power,” but also a bold set of ideas about what it would do with that power to improve Americans’ lives. That is the mission of Project 2029.