Roxanne and I attended the Red Nation Native Liberation Conference last week in Gallup and the ever-present Andy Fertal videotaped the opening statement of Jennifer Marley and three closing speeches by Brandon Benallie, Nick Estes, and Melanie Yazzie. They were extraordinarily moving. Pour a cup of coffee and spend 30 minutes on these compelling talks…
So much fake news and so much pablum. Retake was going to undertake a massive review of the media to assemble an inventory of publications you can trust and organize them into issue areas, creating a useful inventory of resources. We didn’t do that because Local Futures: The Economics of Happiness had already developed it.…
Friday I was listening to the news on my way home from recording my radio show. In quick order I heard part of the speech by Barbuda Prime Minister to the UN; I heard a report on the impact of Graham-Cassidy on people living with cancer; I heard about the underground radiation plume that threatens…
This report provides analysis of how Graham-Cassidy would impact NM along with a Robert Reich video on the grave threat to American healthcare. We also report on the Public Safety Committee meeting which offered no opportunity for substantive dialog or problem solving, afforded no insight into the City’s perspective on the Entrada protest arrests, and…
Wonder why we don’t get what we want from government? In the first of two posts, Bruce Berlin lays it out clearly: It’s about the money. Town Hall tomorrow. Details & plea for RSVPs. Very hard to plan without them.
You’re busy. You can’t always read the Retake post. From now on, Monday’s post will provide a brief summary and links to each of the past week’s posts and perhaps one or two other recent posts worth reviewing, also this week, a Nation report on a way to end gerrymandering with Ranked Choice Voting.
Tonight the City Council votes on Ranked Choice Voting. One local step toward Retaking Our Democracy. .Our chance to raise our voices for democracy. Commentary on the New Dem Party Slogan/Video and more on DCCC/DNC corporate ties.
On Tuesday a handful of Santa Fe activists, PNM Shareholders for a Responsible Future, addressed the PNM CEO and Board and introduced resolutions on climate change. At the same time, yet another Trump revelation was disclosed and a major rally announced at the Roundhouse. Read on.
TrumpCare could be the vote that swings 2018 left, and in a big way. The plan is indefensible and 10 GOP states would be hit hardest. This post also includes a heads up: Major protest at the Roundhouse, May 24 at noon at the opening of the Special Session, and a protest in ABQ at…
Two ways to look at this: Soda lobbyists and their misinformation undermined a solid progressive effort to do what our state seems to be unable to do: fund Pre-K. OR the city needs to find a more progressive funding source. Either way, the work continues. What’s more, this vote sends a warning signal to public…
