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MORNING MESSAGE Laura Martin To Win Big, We Must Dream First November 2018’s blue wave handed Nevada Democrats full control over our state government for the first time in 27 years, and prompted some observers to imagine that we’re now “the state that liberal dreams...

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MORNING MESSAGE Tom Conway Why Workers Like Victoria Need The PRO Act Now Those bundles of joy cost bundles of money, so Victoria Whipple, a quality control worker at Kumho Tire in Macon, Ga., had been working overtime to get ready for her new arrival. She also got...

Why Workers Like Victoria Need The PRO Act Now

Why Workers Like Victoria Need The PRO Act Now

Those bundles of joy cost bundles of money, so Victoria Whipple, a quality control worker at Kumho Tire in Macon, Ga., had been working overtime to get ready for her new arrival. She also got involved in union organizing at the plant, and management decided to teach...

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MORNING MESSAGE Colleen Kennedy Pennsylvania Is Ready For A Just, Clean-Energy Future Ever since 1859, when Edwin Drake ushered in the modern era’s addiction to fossil fuels when he struck “rock oil” in Titusville, Pennsylvania has been at the front lines of the...

Pennsylvania Is Ready For A Just, Clean-Energy Future

Pennsylvania Is Ready For A Just, Clean-Energy Future

Pennsylvania is ready for a just, clean-energy future. Ever since 1859, when Edwin Drake ushered in the modern era’s addiction to fossil fuels when he struck “rock oil” in Titusville, our state has been at the front lines of the extraction industry’s booms and busts....

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MORNING MESSAGE Larry Stafford Why Justice for Botham Jean Is Impossible I’ve been thinking about Amber Guyger's conviction for the murder of Botham Jean, and seeing different perspectives on the timeline. Lately, I’ve been seeking to understand more about what some...

Why Justice for Botham Jean Is Impossible

Why Justice for Botham Jean Is Impossible

Photo credit: KENS-TV screenshot / YouTube I’ve been thinking about this Amber Guyger verdict, and seeing different perspectives on the timeline. Lately, I’ve been seeking to understand more about what some call an abolitionist framework around the criminal legal...

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MORNING MESSAGE Daniel Aldana Cohen A Successful Climate Plan Must Also Tackle The Housing Crisis One truly radical and intersectional approach to connecting the dots between the climate crisis and the crises of economic and racial inequality that afflict us every...

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MORNING MESSAGE Sasha Abramsky HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing rule changes that would upset decades of settled policy. Under the proposed new rules, if a...

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MORNING MESSAGE Tobita Chow How The U.S. Left Should Approach China While Trump's trade war with China threatens to trigger a global recession, Trump is reacting by continuing his economic attacks as well as blaming supposed internal enemies, such as the “fake news...

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