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Book Study — Join Us!
Why do many working people vote for candidates who oppose raising wages, universal health care, and raising taxes for the rich? Heather McGhee, in her book The Sum of Us, makes the case that racism plays a major role in why many people vote against their own interests. Join us for a 5-week book study […]
Continue readingAllen needs to be replaced in LD6
Sylvia Allen is my LD6 Senator in the Arizona legislature. She is the Chairman of the Education Committee. She made a statement on July 15 at an Arizona Republican Party event that our country would soon look like “South American countries” and implied that immigrants would eliminate freedom of religion and claimed that feminism and […]
Continue readingAllen’s comments prove she is not fit to serve
It gives me no pleasure to say this, but Sylvia Allen, the state senator representing Flagstaff and the rest of Legislative District 6, is a white supremacist. I’ve considered this deeply in the days since her shocking remarks, and there’s no other logical or meaningful interpretation. She referred to research on the “browning of America,” […]
Continue readingIs this the America we really want?
How do we envision America’s future? Will we embrace education, diversity, critical thinking, pluralism, respect for all? Living in a democracy is not easy. It takes diligence, patience, participation and compromise. Do we truly love our country when we say “love it or leave it” or “go back to your own country” as our president […]
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