Can We Build a Politics of Opportunity? With Jake Auchincloss

JCRC's Boston Jewish Now · Jul 13, 2026 · 53m

Much of American politics now runs on telling people who to blame for what has gone wrong in their lives. Congressman Jake Auchincloss thinks we need to offer something more compelling: a politics of opportunity that gives people a fair chance to get a good education, own a home, build a secure life, and ensure that the circumstances of their birth do not determine their future.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Auchincloss explains what his Majority Democrats organization is trying to build, how folks can break with party orthodoxy and embrace good ideas from across the political spectrum…