MY CHEQUERED PAST

Here’s What You, Personally, Can Do About Climate Change Right Now

Greta on COVID-19:
It Reveals Our Flaws & Opportunities
“If the coronavirus crisis has shown us one thing,” said activist Greta Thunberg, “it is that our society is not sustainable. If one single virus can destroy economies in a couple of weeks, it shows we are not thinking long-term and taking risks into account.” She said it also showed that, when motivated, the world could come together quickly to act on the advice of scientists. Two years ago, top scientists gave us a deadline of 2030 for cutting greenhouse emissions in half. Greta says that’s overly optimistic; in fact, we have just eight years to change everything. Or perish as a civilization. “We need,” she says, “to care about each other more.”
—Karen McCann
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My Chequered Past
I'm waiting out the virus here at my in-laws’ house. I was poking around in the attic the other day and found this: my first voter registration card. I remember voting for Jimmy Carter that fall. I do NOT remember doing so as a Republican...
—Kathy Sherretts

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Get the Party Started:
Slate: How Progressives Can Get Behind Joe Biden Without Losing Their Credibility by Christina Cauterucci
A resigned acceptance of Biden won’t help turnout or organizing efforts. He may not be leading his party into a bold, radically equitable future, but we can prod him there.

Team Trump Rises to the Challenge:
Vanity Fair: West Wing Xenophobe Stephen Miller Gunning to Make Trump’s Temporary Immigration Curb “Long-Term” by Bess Levin
The temporary order to suspend immigration is part of Miller's larger strategy to make the restrictions permanent.

New York Times: McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead by Paul Krugman
America’s de facto policy will be one of bailing out giant restaurant chains while firing schoolteachers and police officers.

Politico: USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared by Helena Bottemiller Evich
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has yet to respond to a March letter from growers' groups. The scale of produce waste is staggering.

Just for fun: Hard-won glimpses into the meaning of existence.

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Voting in a Pandemic Year
Help make the 2020 election free, fair, accessible, and secure, from the Brennan Center for Justice

Learn More About Candidates and Issues! 

• Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) 
• Americans of Conscience Checklist
• ClimateRecovery.org

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