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Posted by | June 8, 2023
Public Safety Messaging: Lessons from the Chicago Mayor’s Race

Wondering how progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson pulled off an upset win in the Chicago Mayor’s race, despite being badly outspent facing a barrage of racially-loaded attacks on his public safety...

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Posted by | June 5, 2023
Check the Roots: The Root Causes of Gun Violence & How AGs are Responding

Attorneys General wield considerable power and influence throughout the country and within their respective states. As the nation continues to grapple with gun violence, including mass shootings and other senseless...

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Posted by | April 25, 2023
Feminist Buzzkill Live from Netroots Nation

Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show, Founder Abortion Access Front) returns to Netroots with a live broadcast of Feminist Buzzkills, the podcast from Abortion Access Front.  Each day at noon, join Lizz,...

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Posted by | April 25, 2023
Feminist Buzzkill Live from Netroots Nation

Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show, Founder Abortion Access Front) returns to Netroots with a live broadcast of Feminist Buzzkills, the podcast from Abortion Access Front.  Each day at noon, join Lizz,...

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Posted by | April 25, 2023
Feminist Buzzkill Live from Netroots Nation

Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show, Founder Abortion Access Front) returns to Netroots with a live broadcast of Feminist Buzzkills, the podcast from Abortion Access Front.  Each day at noon, join Lizz,...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Organizing for Disability Justice Across Social Movements

We cannot achieve progressive change and liberation without including disabled people. The progressive movement often perpetuates ableism through workplace culture, communications/language or even in policy advocacy. Join us for a...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Combating Political Cynicism in Black Communities

Young people and BIPOC communities are now the majority in the U.S. They are the political powerbrokers of the future, but cynicism with a system that has ignored their interests...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Atlanta Case Study: How Carceral Foundations and Corporations Enable Cop City

Since 2021, organizers in Atlanta have been fighting to stop the construction of a $90M police militarization facility on a former slave plantation and current watershed forest. Community members and...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
#UnionsforAll: No Contract, No Coffee. No Justice, No Fries. No Standards, No Peace.

We're in the midst of a historic uprising by workers. From Starbucks baristas and fast-food workers to gig workers and airline cleaners, workers are tired of corporations wielding all the...

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Posted by | April 20, 2023
Worker Power: Online to Offline Organizing & Emerging Unions

The most exciting labor organizing stories this year have come out of emerging organizing efforts like Trader Joe’s United and Advocates for Minor Leaguers. Worker organizers are taking on some...

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