Recent Posts - page 2
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Are There Limits to Criminal Justice Reform? Plus a Recording of the Public Power Webinar
Criminal justice reform will require a good deal of experimentation as we move from public safety models that for centuries have focused on incarceration. Today, we examine the challenges involved in applying restorative justice principles to protest and destruction of… Read More ›
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Japan Wasn’t the Only Victim of the Atomic Bomb
Most New Mexicans know something about the downwinders. Today, Retake offers an interview with Tina Cordova, a leader of the Tularosa Downwinders. We also offer some facts you may not have known about Tularosa and the US Gov’t’s refusal to… Read More ›
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“The Strange, Sad Death of America’s Political Imagination”
On Wednesday, we posted about the lack of political courage or imagination that prevents groundbreaking legislation like Public Power. Today, we dig into Edward Bellamy and his 1888 utopian novel that described waking up in 2000 and finding America much… Read More ›
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Tired of Being 50th In All Good Things? We Don’t Have to Be
New Mexico is 50th in everything good. And it’s our children who suffer most. Addressing the needs of children and other underserved communities costs money. NM is always scraping together a budget, but with insufficient resources our state is constrained… Read More ›
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Mea Culpa: Admitting I Got Something a Bit Wrong
Last week, Retake posted about how centrist Democrats undemocratically manipulate national and state elections to the detriment of solidly progressive candidates. I got it half right and half wrong. Today, I clarify and offer another angle.
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Trying My Hand At MUCH Briefer But More Frequent Posts, Today: What Do We Own?
A poem by Margaret Atwood, a graphic on our waste of food, and commentary on how they are related. Roxanne deserves full-credit for sending me both the poem and the graphics that follow. I think I did a great job… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Economic Justice, Community & Economic Development ›
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You Really and Truly Can’t Make This Up: Must Read Short Piece.
July 3, 2021
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Why Have We Chosen a Path that Could Lead to Extinction? When did we vote for that?
May 27, 2021
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Rebecca Solnit Offers Optimistic View on Climate, Local YUCCA Youth Wins National Leadership Award, Study Shows Important Outcomes from Early Childhood Ed, & More on a Post-Capitalism “De-Growth” Future
May 11, 2021
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Advances In Rethinking Our Democracy & Legislative Update
April 8, 2021
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SB 66 Predatory Lending Bill Gutted in Committee by Supposed Dem Progressives; Call To Action NOW To Save the Bill
March 16, 2021
Criminal Justice ›
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Could the Nation’s Skyrocketing Murder Rate Lead to a Successful GOP Led, Fear-Based Election Campaign in 2022. It Did in the 80s
June 26, 2021
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It’s Time To End Private Prisons & Mass Incarceration: A Moving Plea
January 28, 2021
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New Georgia Text, Phone Bank Options & More Encouraging News, Plus Soledad Inmates Pool $.08/Hour to Subsidize Sy’s Education
January 1, 2021
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Supreme Court a Tool for the Wealthy Since 1785 & How to Fix It, with Important Implications for the Great US Divide
November 20, 2020
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Why Retake Our Democracy-The Need, The Response
February 17, 2017