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Progressive Profile: Greg Casar’s ‘Roots in Organizing’

Jarod Facundo The American Prospect
“We have clear evidence that people that ran on progressive platforms or were for working families won competitive elections … For too long, there has been a backwards D.C. idea that progressives shouldn’t run in competitive districts.” 

Farmers Sell Their Produce

Bridget Shirvell Modern Farmer
The Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) in Providence, Rhode Island works to give immigrant farmers opportunities to sell what they grow to wholesale markets.

Pakistan Demands Debt Cancellation and Climate Justice

Tanupriya Singh Socialist Project
Holding the government accountable for its lack of preparedness is crucial. However, given the sheer scale of the impact of the climate crisis on the Global South, talking about adaptation has its limitations.

The Pandemic Has Exacerbated a Long-Standing National Shortage of Teachers

John Schmitt and Katherine deCourcy Economic Policy Institute
The pandemic exacerbated a preexisting and long-standing shortage of teachers. The shortage is, instead, the result of a lack of qualified teachers willing to work in what has long been a highly stressful job for compensation that is well below what is available to college-educated workers in other professions.

Friday Nite Videos | November 30, 2018

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Retired Lieutenant Colonel: 'I Believe Treason Is Illegal'. Time for a Progressive International. ¡LAS SANDINISTAS! | Documentary. Bernie Sanders Keynotes 'The Gathering'. 'Absolutely No Business in Russia.' Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.

Manafort Plea Fail Is Good News for Oligarchs

David Corn and Dan Friedman Mother Jones
Oleg Deripaska and Dmytro Firtash—and maybe other players in Russia and Ukraine—probably ought to be relieved that Manafort is talking to Mueller no more.