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What You May Have Missed
Retake used the Thanksgiving break to catch up in our readying for the 2023 session after taking 8 days off to visit the kids. We use today’s post to catch you up on what is coming, what we’ve written since… Read More ›
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Guns & COVID Illustrate How Badly the U.S. is Broken
We discuss a NYTimes’ annotated partial list of 2022 mass shootings in the U.S. The list is knee buckling, but the accompanying analysis and research makes clear the root cause of the problem. What is far harder to explain is… Read More ›
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Why the NM Supreme Court Should Rule as Unconstitutional, the Amendment Allowing Gov to Appoint PRC Commissioners
Today we revisit a 2020 Constitutional Amendment that a coalition of indigenous organizations is asking the NM Supreme Court to overturn. We outline why Retake and Indivisible ABQ supported the indigenous groups and what is at stake. Before we get… Read More ›
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Ruminations on Air Travel, Thanksgiving and NM’s Future
We’ve escaped the election, largely unscathed on the national level. And in NM, our plate is set for a transformational legislative session. Thanksgiving can be a time of food, family and frolic, but with a four day weekend, it can… Read More ›
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Election reaction: No Red Wave, But No Blue Tsunami Either…WHAT Happened & What We’ve learned Here & Elsewhere…
Dems did much better than polls projected. Much, much better. Donald did very poorly. Very, very poorly. We assess the status of the race for the U.S.House and Senate and national trends suggested by the shocking results. We also compiled… Read More ›
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“Our economic crisis isn’t inflation, it’s corporate greed and the GOP will only make that worse”–Bernie Sanders
As election day neared, Bernie delivered the message that should have been the theme to all Dem campaign rhetoric. Corporate greed is at a 70-year high and oil companies are buying back stock, not lowering prices. Dems got killed on… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Economic Justice, Community & Economic Development ›
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A New Economic Reality for NM? With Your Help, Yes!
June 5, 2022
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State Public Bank, a Tool for a Just Transition & Revitalized Rural NM
May 31, 2022
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Universal Basic Income: A Promising Strategy for Addressing Poverty in NM
March 31, 2022
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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
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