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Are Demographics Really Destiny for the GOP?

Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic
A new analysis of the 2016 electorate offers warning signs to Republicans, whose base continues to shrink. (There are red lights flashing Democrats' way, too.)

Democratize This

Michal Rozworski Jacobin
Labour’s plans to pursue democratic models of ownership are the most radical aspect of Corbyn’s program.

Unions React to the MAX Killings

Don McIntosh NW Labor Press
The May 26 attacks on the MAX light rail train hit close to home for many local union members.

Single-Payer in California Will Save Billions

Patrick McGreevy Los Angeles Times
A legislative analysis had estimated the cost of the proposed system to be $400 billion annually, but a study released by the nurses Wednesday estimates the yearly cost would be $331 billion as of 2017. The estimate was made by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in a study partly financed by the nurses association.

Paris Is Burning

James P Hare Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Trump's waffling, then, was not between a pro-climate agenda and an anti-climate one. Rather, the indecision was on the level of strategy on how best to dismantle environmental regulations.