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The Environmental Protection Agency offers school districts a $30,000 credit to buy a propane bus, or a free electric bus and charging station in exchange for destroying a diesel bus. A school district in Georgia has used the program to become one of few in the U.S. with a 100 percent clean energy bus fleet….
The mayor of St. Paul, Minn., explains how his city is erasing $100 million in medical debt. I’m the Mayor of St. Paul. Here’s How Our City Is Erasing $100 Million in Medical Debt. https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/mayor-st-paul-how-city-erases-millions-medical-debt-forgiveness Related Reading
We see new examples everyday of the ultra-rich using their money to control politics and society. We can create grassroots change by organizing and mobilizing coalitions across different groups. It’s time to get busy in defense of our democracy. How to Cut the Billionaires Behind This Coup Down to Size https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-to-defeat-the-billionaire-coup Related Reading Related…
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In Colorado, you get cash back if you pay your rent on time. The idea is to give renters a small financial stake in state-funded affordable housing – and the plan is working. Colorado Is Pioneering A Way To Let Renters Earn Cash Back for Paying Rent https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/colorado-prop-123-tenant-equity-vehicle-renters-earn-cashback-paying-rent Related Reading
Legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms cause by enslaving nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years, but a study of federal compensation to 70 other groups proves that paying reparations for slavery can be done. Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of…
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An assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine argues that providing comprehensive health coverage to everyone is the only successful way to fight chronic disease. Other advanced nations provide it, so why doesn’t the United States? We Can Fight Chronic Disease with Universal Care https://progressive.org/op-eds/we-can-fight-chronic-disease-with-universal-care-baloescu-20241220/ Related Reading
The trend to far-right governments is occurring around the world, but the trend is not irreversible. Here are some ideas on how to reverse it. “Not a Done Deal”: The Far-Right Trend and How to Reverse It https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/not-a-done-deal-the-far-right-trend-and-how-to-reverse-it For resources to resist the far-right trend in the US, check out our growing RESISTANCE HUB Related…
The economic advantages of switching from fossil fuel to renewable energy sources are undeniable and multiplying. Renewable energy costs less, offers greater energy security, is subject to far less market volatility, is reliable, and it doesn’t pollute as much. Since there are no valid economic arguments against rapidly shifting to cleaner energy sources, the question…
The State of the Nation Project “is a comprehensive and objective national progress report assessing how we are doing as a country.” Their reports represent a “broad consensus of leading experts and a cross-section of everyday Americans from across the political spectrum.” If you want a real sense of how we are doing, this is…
