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New Poll Tries to Understand Blue-Collar Swing Voters.

David Leonhardt The New York Times
In the current polarized political atmosphere, many college graduates follow politics obsessively and identify with one of the two parties. Many working-class voters, on the other hand, vote for both parties and sit out some elections.

The Hidden Side of Fossil Fuel Investments: Private Equity

Michael McCann & Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer Yes! Magazine
Responding to this pressure, public companies are selling their fossil fuel assets, only to have them repeatedly scooped up by private equity firms—thereby shifting pipelines and other polluting assets to a shadowy industry that is less accountable..

Here Are the 6 House Democrats That Voted No

John L. Dorman Business Insider
"Conservative Democrats are trying to tell my community that we should just shut up and accept a half deal," Rep. C. Bush tweeted. "... We won't accept anything less than the President's full agenda."

Kansas City Tenants Union: Organizing at the Speed of Trust

Luke Pretz in conversation with Mak, Magda, and Jetzel from KC Tenants Solidarity
We really do believe that organizing happens at the speed of trust. Trust takes a while to form. Our newest tenant Union, the McGee Schiffman Tenant Union, has been in development for like six months before they just became public this past weekend