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November 9, 2023

Tidbits – Nov. 9, 2023 – Reader Comments: Ceasefire, Humanitarian Pause, Stop Bombing, Free Hostages; Stop Ethnic Cleansing; Israeli Apartheid; Labor Victories This Year; New Film – ISRAELISM Documentary; Building Progressive Political Power;

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Reader Comments: Ceasefire, Humanitarian Pause, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Stop Ethnic Cleansing; Israel an Apartheid State; Labor Victories This Year; New Film - ISRAELISM documentary; Strategies to Build Progressive Political Power; more

September 7, 2023

‘There’s a Very Real Danger Here’: AOC on 2024, the Climate Crisis and ‘Selling Out’

David Smith The Guardian

Twice re-elected and comfortable in her political skin, the Democratic congresswoman makes clear that Biden can't take progressives for granted.

August 11, 2023

Gen Z Gets a PAC

Elena Moore NPR

'We're not just voting. We're also running': David Hogg launches a young candidate PAC. The success of Maxwell Frost, advocate-turned-politician and the youngest member of Congress, is a motivator, says Hogg.

July 16, 2023

Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive

Robert L. Borosage The Nation

Veterans of his remarkable insurgent 1988 campaign gather to pay tribute.

April 26, 2023

Progressive Young Voters to Biden: Energize Us and Win or Ignore Us and Lose

Kenny Stancil Common Dreams

"We need you to deliver the bold ideas that our generation cannot live without—stop the climate crisis, fight for the rights and dignity of immigrants, impose real gun control—and run on a bold platform that will get our generation out to vote."

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November 7, 2022

The C.E.O. Who Called Trump a Racist (and Sold a Lot of Spice Mix)

Helen Rosner The New Yorker

Penzey wasn’t the first C.E.O. to advocate for progressive values. But he has consistently used his business as a platform to deliver messages about truth in science, mass shootings, marriage equality.

October 30, 2022

Brazil Ejects Bolsonaro and Brings Back the Former Leftist Leader Lula

Jack Nicas, Flávia Milhorance, Ana Ionova, André Spigariol, Laís Martins New York Times

The victory completes a stunning political revival for Mr. da Silva — from the presidency to prison and back — that had once seemed unthinkable.

August 22, 2022

Omar to Democrats: ‘Let’s Give Working Folks a Reason To Turn Out To Vote for Us’

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

"For every moderate suburban Republican, there are line cooks, homeworkers, dishwashers, cashiers, farmworkers who would vote a straight Democratic ticket if they were given a reason to."

May 20, 2022

Summer Lee Is Running for Congress Because People Are Disillusioned With Politics

Teen Vogue Staff Teen Vogue

Summer Lee is the apparent victor in a close race for Congress in Pennsylvania. Days before the election, she explains why she thinks we need to transform how politics work in the U.S., and let young people lead.

April 30, 2022

What Far-Left? Asks AOC. ‘We Can’t Even Get Our Party To Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs From Canada’

Kenny Stancil Common Dreams

'We can't even get our party to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.' The New York Democrat ridicules a meme shared on Twitter by Elon Musk, the platform's new owner and the world's richest person.

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