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MORNING MESSAGE Sam Pizzigati Inequality And The Iron Law Of Decaying Public Services Fires are raging everywhere in California these days, and firefighters are having enormous trouble keeping up. Chronically understaffed local fire departments simply don’t have the...
Inequality And The Iron Law of Decaying Public Services
Public services almost always take it on the chin in societies where wealth starts furiously concentrating. Why should inequality have this impact? A little incendiary parable might help us understand.
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MORNING MESSAGE Laurel Wales Turning States A Bolder Shade Of Blue Regina Romero – an environmental activist committed to co-governing with the People’s Action affiliate group LUCHA (Living United For Change In Arizona) – made history Tuesday night by becoming...
Turning States A Bolder Shade Of Blue
Regina Romero - an environmental activist committed to co-governing with the People’s Action affiliate group LUCHA (Living United For Change In Arizona) - made history Tuesday night by becoming Tuscon’s first woman and Latina mayor in a landslide victory. “I’m still...
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MORNING MESSAGE Tom Conway A Star-Spangled Knockoff America’s manufacturing sector has been decimated, and NAFTA and China’s unfair trade practices are major culprits. NAFTA encouraged greedy American corporations to move U.S. manufacturing and jobs to Mexico: many...
A Star-Spangled Knockoff
Photo credit: futureatlas.com / flickr / cc An American flag made in China is not an American flag. It’s a knockoff. New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara wants a guarantee that flags flown at New York events and on New York poles are made in America. He has...
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MORNING MESSAGE Tim Wilkins Sanders Rallies The 99 Percent In New Hampshire “The one percent in this country is very powerful – no ifs, ands or maybes. But you know what? The 99 percent, when we stand together, is even more powerful. With these words, Sen. Bernie...
Sanders Rallies The 99 Percent In New Hampshire
“The one percent in this country is very powerful - no ifs, ands or maybes. But you know what? The 99 percent, when we stand together, is even more powerful.” With these words, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a rallying cry for a broad social movement - one centered on...
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MORNING MESSAGE Gloria Oladipo Don’t Call The Police, Call Your Neighbors Here is a hard truth: Police do not keep communities safe. This year alone has produced numerous stories of officers causing distress, damage, or death in communities they’re sworn to protect....
Don't Call The Police, Call Your Neighbors
Here is a hard truth: Police do not keep communities safe. This year alone has produced numerous stories of officers causing distress, damage, or death in communities they’re sworn to protect. As this epidemic worsens, communities need to find new ways to handle...
