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Posted by | June 5, 2018
The Dangers of Disruption: Privatization is Not Progressive

Disruption has become a buzz word, especially in the tech and business sectors. Many innovations meant to ‘disrupt’ have made life easier for those who use the services. But there’s...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Broke AF: Economic Justice Campaigns to Mobilize and Empower Millennials

Millennials—the largest eligible voting bloc in America—have been ravaged by runaway crony capitalism. Saddled with unprecedented student debt, besieged by unaffordable housing costs, and strained by a gig economy with...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Empowering Communities to End Mass Incarceration

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392896244827 The United States is the incarceration capital of the world, and Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country. Louisiana's incarceration rate is nearly five times Iran's, 13...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
From Chains to Change: Race and the Right to Vote in the Nation’s Incarceration Capital

Formerly incarcerated organizers are flipping the script in Louisiana. Organizing inside prisons and in community, members and leaders of VOTE (Voice of the Experienced) are leading the fight for the...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Lawyering in the Age of Trump: Protecting Civil and Economic Rights in the Courts

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400124164827 The past 18 months have been a whirlwind for public interest litigation, starting with the Trump travel ban, and ending ... never. And one of the things we have...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Our Rights, Our Fight: Why Progressives are Uniting Across Issues to Protect our Courts

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392933289827 Federal courts are holding the line against some of Trump’s worst attacks on our rights, including the transgender military ban, the Muslim ban, and more. But this bulwark is...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Local Victories Reveal a Path to Climate Equity

Can you envision policies that simultaneously center racial and economic equity, tackle climate change, and create good union jobs? It’s not a utopia. It’s already happening. From New York to...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
It Takes Everyone: Building Power to Advance Ambitious Equitable Climate Change Solutions

In order to meaningfully address climate change, the solutions we build must engage a diverse set of stakeholders across issues—from health, to housing, to immigration, to others. Confronting climate change...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Organizing Around Jerry Brown’s Legacy, the Global Climate McSummit

California Governor Jerry Brown is organizing a Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco September 2018 to cement his legacy as a climate leader; but he's never come to grips...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Robots with Canvass Packets: The Future of Digital Organizing

For the past decade, Democratic campaigns and progressive advocacy groups have largely kept their “digital” and “organizing” strategies separate. With the rise of new digital organizing technologies and their increasingly...

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