Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 10, 2023
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War, peace and Taylor Swift
War, peace and Taylor Swift
War, peace and Taylor Swift
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Maine State House Kills “Right To Work” Legislation Prohibiting Employment Conditional on Payment of Union Dues
MaineWire
The bill would have prohibited both public and private sector employees from being required to either join a union or pay union dues as a condition of their employment.
Friday Nite Videos | July 1, 2022
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AOC: Members Who Sought Pardons Should Be Expelled. SCOTUS Restricts the EPA, R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell Get Prison Sentences. Dark Winds | TV Trailer. How Democrats Can Run And Win In Rural Areas. Salt of the Earth | Movie.
How Democrats Can Run and Win in Rural Areas
Progressive Chloe Maxmin unseated a top Republican in a rural district, then passed one of the first state Green New Deal bills. Here’s what Democrats can learn from her success.
Green New Deal Champion Chloe Maxmin Unseats Powerful GOP Incumbent in Rural Maine
Common Dreams
The victory of Democratic state Rep. Chloe Maxmin, a progressive champion who ran on the promise of a Green New Deal and offering a "politics as public service" in a strong GOP district, tells a different story than the re-election of Susan Collins.
Competitive House Race in Maine to Test the 'Ranked-Choice' Voting System
CNN
Ranked choice voting gives you the power to rank candidates from your favorite to your least favorite.
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Paid Family Leave and Child Care Could Erase Motherhood Wage Penalty
U.S. New & World Report
The wage gap between men and women in the U.S. shrunk drastically in the 1980s and early 1990s, as women joined the workforce in increasing numbers and earned degrees at higher rates, but the gap has remained relatively stagnant since the mid- to late 1990s. There's one major detriment to financial equality that women can't seem to shake: motherhood.
The Stolen Children of Maine: Native Wabanaki Seek Truth, Reconciliation Amidst a Cultural Genocide
In These Times
In many Native communities genocide is not a thing of the past, but an everyday struggle.
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