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Eat & Drink

A Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change

An opportunity for civically and politically minded chefs to become effective leaders for food-system change.

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Reflect

One Poem That Saved a Forest

How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.

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Reflect

The 1965 Watts Riots Remembered

As LA marks the 50th anniversary of the Watts Riots, Saul Gonzalez goes to the community and meets people with vivid memories of the unrest.

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Reflect

Why Progressives Must Stay United

The Republican strategy is to divide and conquer. Progressives must stay united in a powerful movement to take back our economy and democracy.

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Change

6 Lessons for the Left from Spain’s Democratic Revolution

Spain shows a third way is possible.

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Change

Seattle’s Kayaktivists Finally Get Government’s Attention

Greenpeace’s “kayaktivists” finally draw the government’s attention to Arctic drilling.

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Reflect

Wheels of Peace Fosters Dialogue Between Youth of Iran and America

Wheels of Peace fosters dialogue between youth of Iran and America.

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Change

The Left’s Answer to ALEC: Say Hello to the State Innovation Exchange

Progressives needed an organization like ALEC. Now we have one. It’s called the State Innovation Exchange.

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Change

Port of Oakland Shuts Down to Protest Police Violence

The protests come amid growing national outrage over police violence.