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Last Week’s Elections Actually Gave Leftists Plenty to Cheer

Branko Marcetic Convergence
For many on the Left, last week’s elections came like a gut punch. But zoom out beyond the high-profile races cable news pundits fixated on, and Tuesday saw many significant victories for left-wing candidates and policies.

We Urgently Need a Transformative Approach to Public Safety

Dr. Melina Abdullah Medium.com
Black Lives Matter demands we upend it and dare to imagine and build new systems that invest deeply in resources: like youth programs, good jobs, mental healthcare, housing…resources that actually make our communities safe.

Sudanese Women on the Front Lines of the Resistance

Hala Al Karib Africa is a Country
Sudanese women took part in the revolution in large numbers for the same reasons they are now part of the resistance against this treacherous coup: Their human rights are at stake.

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..

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.
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