Karen Young
Harris/Walz: Democratic Party discovers winning strategy
I am pleased that a people’s movement helped force Joe Biden to step down. I’m beyond thrilled with the choice of Midwestern Gov. Tim...
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Karen Young
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Bushwick compost group has unique climate strategy
Welcome to Team Tuesday! In a wonderful story about the great community composting battle in New York, Civil Eats highlights a group in...
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Karen Young
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Community Compost program restored to NYC budget
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Food waste is a major source of greenhouse gases and takes up space in landfills. At least a third of the...
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Karen Young
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Westchester village has creative strategy for zero waste
Here’s a cheerful story for Team Tuesday. Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, a village in suburban Westchester County, has a fun way to...
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Karen Young
- Jul 9
- 1 min
USCPR sends powerful message on better uses for our tax dollars
Welcome to Message Monday! I got a great email recently from USCPR (US Campaign for Palestinian Rights). I am a supporter of theirs. ...
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Karen Young
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Workers may get some heat protection
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! This week, in the midst of record-setting heat waves across America caused by climate change, the Federal...
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Karen Young
- Jul 2
- 2 min
Vermont State Labor Council United: bloodied, but unbowed
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Back in March, I brought you the story about the great organizers who created an insurgent group called United,...
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Karen Young
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Impossible to inevitable: Public opinion turning against gun violence
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! For so long, the battle over guns and gun violence seemed intractable. But as the bodies pile up, it...
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Karen Young
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Key renewable-energy battle on: #StopDeepSeaMining
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! We’ve talked about how mining for certain key minerals like lithium is a critical part of the renewable...
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Karen Young
- Jun 19
- 1 min
American Climate Corps reports for duty
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Happy to report that the first class of American Climate Corps (ACC) workers started the swearing-in process...
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Karen Young
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Waffle House workers fight – and win
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Waffle House workers have been making a lot of noise through the Union of Southern Service Workers,...
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Karen Young
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Boost for Dan Osborn’s progressive campaign in NE
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Back in April, we highlighted Dan Osborn, an exciting blue-collar progressive candidate for Senate in Nebraska....
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Karen Young
- Jun 10
- 9 min
How could progressives push for better US foreign policy?
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Many progressives are horrified by President Biden’s current embrace of Israel, given their genocidal war against...
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Karen Young
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Amazon Labor Union and Teamsters Come For Amazon
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The Amazon Labor Union, a plucky band of Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City,...
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Karen Young
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Ask the mayor why he's defunding libraries
Welcome to Message Monday! I thought the photo above, with an Eric Adams cut-out, was a cute and effective way to take the issue to him,...
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Karen Young
- May 29
- 2 min
Impossible to inevitable: NCAA makes deal to pay college athletes
Welcome to Winning Wednesday!! Last week, there was a huge victory on an issue very close to my heart: compensation for top college...
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Karen Young
- May 23
- 3 min
Rural Democracy Initiative has the strategy to build progressive majorities
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Have you heard of the Rural Democracy Initiative? I just learned about them. Where have they been all my life? ...
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Karen Young
- May 13
- 5 min
Progressive search for “bigger we” needs bigger view of poverty
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! As usual, the words “poverty” or “poor people” aren’t being uttered by Presidential candidates or, generally, by...
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Karen Young
- May 7
- 2 min
Fair Food Program helps keep farmworkers cool
Welcome to Team Tuesday! You may have heard about the GOP’s current drive to ban regulations requiring employers to protect farmworkers...
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Karen Young
- May 1
- 1 min
UAW leads progressives to think big – as in a general strike
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! The new UAW, more than any other organization on the left, THINKS BIG. They swing for the fences. We...
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