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February 26, 2019

What I Learned When I Ran (and Lost) For Tulsa City Council

There I sat at the end of a long night. It was just my husband and me sitting at a bar in downtown Tulsa. The bartender looked at me sadly and offered a shot. I’m not a shot person, but what the hell? This was a unique situation, and I …

February 20, 2019

CA SB 700: $800 MILLION FOR GREEN ENERGY STORAGE BY YOU; GET OUT OF FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS IN CA

https://youtu.be/d3kUdkzzfgg We read and explain SB 700, the California bill (now law) that gets California out of fossil fuels used for generating electrical power by January 1 of next year, and reimburses consumers for putting solar grids on their roofs and windmills in their backyards to connect back to the …

February 18, 2019

Special DailyClout “Cities” Series with Jason Haber

https://youtu.be/asMLfydR5aQ What’s going on in the South Bronx? DailyClout Cities Columnist Jason Haber explains.

February 17, 2019

Marjorie Cohn: Trump Moves the World Closer to “Doomsday”

In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union adopted the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in an effort to eliminate missiles on hair-trigger alert for nuclear war due to their short flight times. It was the first time the two countries agreed to destroy nuclear weapons. That treaty outlawed nearly 2,700 ballistic or land-based cruise …

February 13, 2019

Is Beauty Political?

Children battling unhealthy body images need a different narrative about beauty Social media companies are putting profits before children, policy makers in the UK are arguing. Last week, Jackie Doyle-Price, the minister for mental health and suicide prevention, called for Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram to be treated like publishers that …

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