Netroots Nation 2013

Posted by | April 8, 2013
Building a Productive Partnership Between Tech and the Progressive Community

Tech entrepreneurs are natural Democrats, but they come to their political positions from a different path from most progressives. While it should be good news that the tech politics startups...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Organizing Support for Abortion Rights in Hostile Territory

When legislation is introduced in Virginia that severely imposes on reproductive rights, women across the country leap to attention. (Transvaginal ultrasounds anyone?) But when this kind of legislation is passed...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Beating Back Mansplaining and Other Acts of Sexism in Politics and Organizing

Earlier this year, Sen. Ron Johnson infamously mansplained to newly elected Sen. Tammy Baldwin how the federal budget works even though she was in the House of Representatives for 14...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
The Price of the Ticket: Uncovering the Real Cost of Mass Incarceration

America’s addiction to incarceration has reached a crisis level. More than 2 million people are currently locked up, we spend more on lock-up than on higher education. One in 15...

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Smoke Signals: The Next Steps in Marijuana Reform

In 2012 voters in Washington and Colorado chose to legalize marijuana, which many hope is the beginning of the end of the failed "War on Drugs." In addition to exploring...

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Community Colleges: The Best Kept Secret in America and Why they Need our Help

More than a million Americans earned degrees or certificates from community colleges last year. Nearly half of them were part of the first generation in their family to go to...

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Mis-Education of Bloggers: What You Don’t Know About Education Reform and Communities of Color

From school closings, public to private, school vouchers to school choice, everyone seems to have an opinion on how education reform affects communities of color. Who has the right idea?...

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Women Leading on Gun Violence Prevention

Women have a special role to play in moving policy and culture when it comes to the detrimental impact of gun violence in our society. In recent polling it has...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Obamacare in Action: Implementing the Affordable Care Act

When Netroots Nation 2013 begins, the United States will be less than four months away from the October 1st opening of Health Insurance Marketplaces (aka Exchanges) across the country. On this date,...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Organizing Beyond Elections: Judicial Vacancies are the Keys to a Generation of Change

Judicial vacancies are rarely talked about in our states. The truth is, while we focus on election cycles that can affect change for two, four or six years, appointing a...

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