The original podcast where this interview was aired is HERE. Mariame Kaba’s personal website: MariameKaba.com Mariame Kaba on Twitter: @PrisonCulture Mariame Kaba at The New Inquiry: Free Us All Info on the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) at Mariame Kaba’s site U.S. Prison Culture: What is the PIC? Info on Abolition and the Prison Industrial Complex at CriticalResistance.org: What is the […]
Read more ›Helaine Olen on Twitter: @HelaineOlen Buy Helaine’s book Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry HERE. Helaine Olen’s work at The Washington Post is HERE. Helaine Olen at The Washington Post: Betsy DeVos is an abysmal failure and our nation’s schoolchildren are paying the price Helaine Olen at The Washington Post: We’re in a pandemic. Why […]
Read more ›Dr. Ian Haney-López on Twitter: @IanHaneyLopez Ian Haney-López’s website: IanHaneyLopez.com Purchase Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America HERE. To fight racism, follow the money. #DogWhistlePolitics #MassIncarceration #DefundPolice #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/iyTyFmXV4J — Ian Haney Lopez (@IanHaneyLopez) June 15, 2020 Help Progressives Everywhere help elect Joanna Cattanach in Texas’s 108th House District by clicking HERE. Read Jordan’s interview […]
Read more ›Rochelle Riley on Twitter: @RochelleRiley The Detroit Arts, Culture & Entrepreneurship (ACE): @DetroitACES Rochelle Riley’s website: RochelleRiley.com To purchase Rochelle Riley’s book The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery, click HERE. Read more about The Burden HERE. Help Progressives Everywhere help elect Sara Tindall Ghazal in Georgia’s 45th House District by clicking HERE. Click HERE to donate […]
Read more ›Eli Savit on Twitter: @EliNSavit Eli Savit’s website: Eli2020.com We're not seeing bail funds for the protesters in Washington DC. Want to know why? Because DC got rid of cash bail 28 years ago. And crime hasn't risen. And the sky hasn't fallen. Cash bail is immoral and doesn't protect public safety. End it. https://t.co/2CSJKWpvEq — Eli Savit (@EliNSavit) June […]
Read more ›Anat Shenker-Osorio on Twitter: @anatosaurus Listen to the essential Words to Win By podcast HERE. An integral part of breaking the hold the wealthiest and most powerful have is simply believing we can. Right now, all bets are off. So let's clear the tables. #WeMakeTheFuture pic.twitter.com/kUNBXSyVkT — Anat Shenker-Osorio (@anatosaurus) May 9, 2020 Help Progressives Everywhere help grassroots organizations working […]
Read more ›Jocelyn Benson on Twitter: @JocelynBenson Purchase Jocelyn Benson’s book State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process HERE. Todd Spangler at The Detroit Free Press: Secretary of State: All Michigan voters will get absentee ballot applications at home Annie Reneau at Upworthy: Trump tried to troll Michigan’s Secretary of State on voting laws. It didn’t end well for him. […]
Read more ›Senator Gary Peters on Twitter: @GaryPeters and @SenGaryPeters Peters Announces Coronavirus “Heroes Fund” Proposal, Calls for $25,000 Pay Increase for Essential Workers on Frontlines of Pandemic Response Peters: Air Force Must Immediately Prioritize PFAS Cleanup Efforts at Former Wurtsmith Base in Oscoda Make a donation to make sure Gary Peters keeps his seat in the U.S. Senate at PetersForMichigan.com. Progressives […]
Read more ›Sawyer Hackett on Twitter: @SawyerHackett Sec. Castro on Twitter: @JulianCastro Democrats can’t win in 2020 without Latino voters—and we can’t start organizing Latino communities in October. Support @latinovictoryus and help mobilize Latino voters. https://t.co/L5zzmi2Sud — Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 4, 2020 Increased policing has often meant disproportionate policing of Black and Brown people—“social distance enforcement” is no different. The Democratic […]
Read more ›Jennifer Mercieca on Twitter: @jenmercieca Jennifer Mercieca’s website: JenniferMercieca.com Pre-purchase Jennifer Mercieca’s book Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump HERE Progressives Everywhere on Twitter: @Progressives50 Help Progressives Everywhere elect Christine Morse to Michigan’s 61st House District by clicking HERE and to support service workers and artists impacted by the coronavirus epidemic by clicking HERE. Chris Savage at […]
Read more ›David M. Perry on Twitter: @Lollardfish David M. Perry at CNN.com: Today’s biggest act of patriotic love David M. Perry’s interview with Julián Castro at Gen is HERE. Other good historians to follow on Twitter are Monica H. Green (@MonicaMedHist)and Matt Gabriele (@Prof_Gabriele.) Progressives Everywhere on Twitter: @Progressives50 Help Progressives Everywhere elect progressives everywhere, especially those running against Republicans who […]
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