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“These are general statements, OK? But women are more collaborative. Women are not as transactional. And I think women focus on different issues,” Bass said. “I think women tend to lead differently.”
Mike Davis died this week. Often misread as a “prophet of doom,” the Marxist historian was actually an optimist and a dreamer.
While the timing of the release raises questions, we must not forget to ask: Who benefits? Why was it made? Who released the audio? Who made it? What was their goal? Do we really want to heal?
The current crisis has unleashed unleashed a firestorm of protest that could further divide the city’s communities. But it is also a chance to forge real unity in opposition to the city’s long-standing power brokers.
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The right is winning, the center is spinning, the left's battle is just beginning
"We really would like to see the state step in... Now is a moment to push for limited-equity co-ops and community land trusts as an alternative."
“Black, brown and poor white folks in prisons and jails are coming from communities where they are at greater risk for these social and environmental threats. Then they are being siphoned off, extracted, taken hostage and locked up in cages..."
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