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Ask a Scientist: How To Avoid Climate Disaster

Elliott Negin Union of Concerned Scientists blog
The Inflation Reduction Act's $400B investment in clean energy will make a significant dent in emissions, but not enough to meet US carbon reduction goals. A Union of Concerned Scientists team showed how to lower emission by 50 percent by 2030.

A New Class Consciousness

Andrew Elrod Dissent Magazine
There is unquestionably a new force undergirding the labor market: a new class consciousness. But leaving neoliberalism behind will require sustained collective action among millions of unorganized workers.

The Off-Year Election Variants of Mad Poll Disease

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
In the 2022 elections, the mainstream media’s lodestar was polling that made it seem like voters didn’t want to hear any more about Trump and January 6th. Tuesday’s election returns confirmed a different anti-MAGA reality.

Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness Doesn’t Address Either Issue

Olivia Riggio FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Locking people up in mental health facilities doesn’t automatically cure them. And considering mentally ill people are far more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence, it does not adequately address the mass shooting crisis.

No Endgame in Gaza

Fintan O’Toole The New York Review of Books
After weeks of bombardment and thousands of deaths, what are Netanyahu’s political and ethical limits?

A Tribute to Vivian

Samah Salaime +972 Magazine
I know you will be greeted up above by your Palestinian and Israeli partners in activism, and the thousands of other victims of this pointless war.
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