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October 3, 2020

Preempting Progress

Hunter Blair, David Cooper, Julia Wolfe, and Jaimie Worker Economic Policy Institute

State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South

October 3, 2020

865,000 Women Left the Workforce Last Month

Chabeli Carrazana The 19th

Overall, 661,000 jobs were added in the U.S. labor force between August and September — but women still left it at alarming numbers.

October 3, 2020

Top US Scientist: A Second Trump Term Would be 'Game Over' for the Climate

Mark Hertsgaard The Guardian

Gov. Gavin Newsom briefs President Donald Trump on California’s wildfires on Sept. 14, 2020.

Michael Mann, one of the world’s preeminent climate experts, says averting a global climate catastrophe would be “essentially impossible” if Donald Trump is re-elected. There is no more important way for US citizens to exercise agency than to vote.

October 3, 2020

After Losing My Father to COVID, I’ve Now Been Exposed to the Virus by The Donald Himself

Kristin Urquiza Marked By COVID

Kristin Urquiza’s father, Mark, died of COVID last June. Last month Urquiza wrote, “He was terrified of dying but he also felt betrayed” by President Trump and Arizona governor Doug Ducey. Now Urquiza fears Trump personally exposed her to the virus.

October 3, 2020

United Front or Bust

Ethen Young The Indypendent

There is only one option for the left before the big showdown: Close ranks with the centrists and work harder than them to oust Trump, and hopefully flip the Senate. Numbers and unity needs to be the focus of our strategy, short and long-term.

October 3, 2020

The Secret to the Success of the Collective

Guido Moltedo il manifesto

The special chemistry of il manifesto -- its founders united but different is mainly due to Rossana Rossanda, who passed away on Sept. 20 at age 96. Her point of view placed Italian events within the broad perspective of a world in motion.

November 17, 2017