In last week’s post, “Biden Climate Bill is About More than Climate: It Taxes the Rich & Large Corporations, Allows Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices & More,” we described how, as long as we lack the power to force meaningful change,… Read More ›
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Biden Climate Bill is About More than Climate: It Taxes the Rich & Large Corporations, Allows Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices & More
Today we summarize the deal brokered with Sen. Joe Manchin and nine other Democrats. The new Inflation Reduction Act is VERY far from perfect — there is much to like but as our analysis reveals there is as much to… Read More ›
Dems Don’t Need Better “Messaging” They Need More Candidates Like Gabe Vasquez and John Fetterman
“Messaging” smacks of inauthenticity, as it amounts to hiring consultants to study polls and then tell you what you should think and how you should talk about it. “Messaging” is transparently sugar-coating issues rather than speaking authentically from the heart…. Read More ›
Missing the Mark on Climate, Gun Violence Prevention & Other Big Things
One of our collective problems in developing public policy is a propensity to utilize the following approach: ready, shoot, aim, celebrate. (When you shoot before you aim, the result is never good.) With this process, you never miss the target… Read More ›
A New Economic Reality for NM? With Your Help, Yes!
Today’s post focuses on the utter failure of the federal government to address the urgent needs of our local communities, whether in relation to our personal safety and protection from gun violence, the consequences of climate change, or the greed… Read More ›
Richard Heinberg on the Only Real Solution to the Looming Climate Catastrophe – 100% Renewables Won’t Get It Done
Richard Heinberg in his mind-blowing book, The End of Growth, was the first person to help me see how economic growth — the grand prize in capitalism — is the most important enemy of our climate. Simply put, we have… Read More ›