TOM HASTINGS – Many say, “we are one nation, helping each other through disasters with the might of our government and resources.” Not any more. I’m an old man, mid-70s, and in my long life I have never witnessed a regime so partisan, so clearly into blatant and grossly unAmerican retributive actions, such as withholding disaster aid from states who didn’t vote for him, as Trump has done.
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The Quiet Part Out Loud
SCOT NAKAGAWA – The administration learned something in Minneapolis. It learned that we were watching, and that being watched was costing it a lot. So it moved the work to places where it thought we wouldn’t look. Our job is to look there, and to say the quiet part out loud.
These Cities’ Car-Free Streets Are Here to Stay
MAYLIN TU – Cars? In this economy? Here’s how four cities kept miles of pavement traffic-free, turning a popular pandemic solution into a permanent fixture.
LA and Occupy LA Agree: It’s Time to End Corporate Personhood
BROOKE JARVIS – On December 3, just two days before Occupy L.A. was evicted by police, the General Assembly of the occupation passed a unanimous resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood.