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Action by government on Transition issues with opportunities for advocates to engage the political system for positive change.

At Veep Debate Mike Pence Emerges as the Ted Bundy of Politics

By Lindsay Curren | October 6, 2016

In the echo-sphere of political punditry consensus forms rapidly, gels, and then, in short order...calcifies. The me-tooism infecting the chattering class reveals all too well how little original thought — and even less deep — drives the conversation. We saw this in the trigger-happy response to Tuesday's Vice Presidential debate when serial liar Indiana Governor Mike … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: activism, politics

Trumped and Stumped: A Cure for Political Polarization?

By Erik Curren | September 5, 2016

Donald Trump

A book called I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up sounds like it was written just for the 2016 US presidential race. The book is not about the race per se. It doesn't say anything about Donald Trump and the only Clinton it mentions is Bill. But the book does say a lot about the polarization in American politics that has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Politics Tagged With: Adam Kahane, climate activism, James Hoggan, Jill Stein, solar power

Jill Stein’s Ridiculous Run

By Lindsay Curren | August 29, 2016

Jill Stein President

I share many of Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein's values. On climate and energy, I absolutely agree that our world is in crisis and that we need some form of a "Green New Deal," though whether that would be her plan, or some other approach, is, for me, still a point of debate. On her view that an energy transition would have multiple cost-saving and health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate change, dystopia, Jill Stein, politics

Five Things Americans Don’t Understand about Politics

By Lindsay Curren | July 27, 2016

Lindsay and Erik Curren

Editor's note: This piece was written after an abundance of frustration at what appears to be a complete lack of understanding about our political process, something that perhaps watching the conventions might change. But in the meantime, if you don't have patience for this magnum opus (tee hee) that's born of personal experience in the political realm, then here's a snarky … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton

California Nightmare: Not Progressive Anymore

By Sherry Ackerman | May 30, 2016

California water management

If one more Californian tells me how "progressive" California is, I am going to scream. "Progressivism" is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems that were introduced to America by industrialization. It began as a social movement and grew into a political one. Early Progressives rejected Social Darwinism, believing that the problems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: California, fracking, GMOs

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