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Back in 1967, a friend of mine and I hitchhiked from East Lansing, Michigan to San Francisco to spend the summer in Haight-Ashbury. One ride dropped us off in Sparks, Nevada, and within minutes of putting our thumbs out a city police car stopped and...
by thomhartmann
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 08:31 AM PDT
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My neighbor across the street has an outlet on her front porch. She uses it to plug in her Christmas lights in the winter, and her lawnmower in the summer. In November Nicki, another neighbor, was using it to charge her phone. Nicki works at the...
by MeJean
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 02:22 PM PDT
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World’s biggest “passive house” office building https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-free-buildings/boston-skyscraper-named-worlds-biggest-passive-house-office...
by gmoke
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on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 05:06 PM PST
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I was in DC giving this speech �at the National Press Foundation awards dinner.� Help keep this work sustainable by joining the � Sorensen Subscription Service! � Also on � Patreon .
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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It's been quite a while since I've written anything here - August of 2015, to be exact - to the point where I no longer live in Massachusetts! I've been busy... In February of 2016, I met the love of my life, Jen - we moved in together in April and got...
by AnotherMassachusettsLiberal
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 08:22 AM PST
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The problem: The pollution from all the truck exhaust is mega-dangerous. By Siri Chilukuri , for Grist and � the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
Stephanie Joseph loves ...
by Economic Hardship Reporting Project
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on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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Whether ethnic cleansing or genocide, the internal or external displacement of populations by force or appropriation is always an attack on domiciles. Domicide becomes a covering term for the abuse of state power in removing domiciles. NEW YORK (28...
by annieli
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on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 06:30 AM PST
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There's just nothing like a candidate who hopes to become America's next commander in chief rooting for calamity to beset the nation in order to seal his victory. And perhaps the only candidate sociopathic enough to state such a hope out loud is Donald...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 11:48 AM PST
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As we’ve been predicting here at DK since the Fall of 2022, the overall reported inflation rate has indeed fallen back to the Fed’s target level of 2 percent over the last six months. Whew! The mostly false but still pervasive 2023 media narrative of...
by this is only a test
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 10:01 AM PST
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Many of you may have seen Trump’s announcement regarding his Freedom Cities. Obviously, his fascist proposals are something out of the Albert Speer catalogue and should be mocked and ridiculed at every turn. However, Trump is proposing it because he...
by jmdincali
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 01:49 PM PST
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👉 Get signed Tom the Dancing Bug books with the new SIGNED BOOK COMBO deal! Info here . And/or get the new On the Trail of Tom the Dancing Bug book signed WITH a hand-drawn illustration!
by RubenBolling
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 04:50 AM PST
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This piece develops from a talk I gave at a meeting discussing the economic situation in Britain and how this issue will play out locally in London. It also provides some suggestions where we can develop grassroots local campaigns in local communities...
by NY brit expat
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on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
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By� Siri Chilukuri �for Economic Hardship Reporting Project
When hurricanes hit, it’s easy to show the damage: downed power lines, uprooted trees and destroyed houses. But when those things are ...
by Economic Hardship Reporting Project
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 08:20 AM PST
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Liar, Liar. Pants on Fire. The lies from the powerful, especially Republicans, have risen to stunningly Orwellian 2 + 2 = 5 levels. The lies that protect their wealth and power have been quite successful at gaining wide acceptance. They keep at it...
by acamins
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on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 07:31 AM PST
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I know I’m not the only one with a head full of concerns about things that are totally dreadful. Catastrophes about climate, diseases and war, breakdowns in infrastructure, immigration and more… a serious lack of decent and affordable housing while the...
by Joyce Siegel
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on Wed Oct 25, 2023 at 08:41 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. As you think about the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, consider this: of the CEOs of the three companies being struck,...
by TomDispatch
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on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 07:08 AM PDT
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Since spring 2022, New York City has seen more than 100,000 people arrive seeking asylum. Because our current immigration system has been gridlocked by Republican xenophobia and inaction for more ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Oct 03, 2023 at 07:37 AM PDT
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It never fails to amaze me just how crummy are most of the dwellings built in either the USA or the UK. When I lived in Texas, the houses were made of cheap, temporary materials. Joni Mitchell described them: “And they’re all made of ticky-tacky and...
by Adventurist
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 11:01 AM PDT
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I wanted to share a neat event coming up next week Tuesday in San Francisco. Full Circle Fund is hosting an interactive learning event run by Catalyze SV. Focused on collaborative community solutions to the housing crisis, Catalyze SV President Alex...
by Peter Olandt
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on Thu Sep 21, 2023 at 05:11 PM PDT
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series � for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. � Drop by ...
by annieli
43 comments
on Fri Sep 22, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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