Think how women in Afghanistan resist layers of oppression few of us can even imagine. Think how women in Iran resist layers of oppression few of us can even imagine. Think how our world will change when the women of America summon even a fraction of their courage.

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One of America’s biggest needs right now is to look at itself in the mirror.

Solidarity with LAUSD teachers and workers! Teachers and school workers barely making minimum wage in one of the most expensive states to live — shows how we must re-prioritize our values as a society. #LAUSDStrike

The only one who has actually announced isn’t mentioned on this poll.

My newest substack ... WHY POVERTY PERSISTS: And how we can end it. open.substack.com/pub/marian…

We should all be "poverty abolitionists." "We could fund powerful antipoverty programs through sensible tax reform and enforcement. A recent study estimates that collecting all paid federal income taxes from the top 1 percent - not raising their taxes, mind you, just putting an end to their tax evasion (note from MW: the first thing the new GOP House did was undo provisions that gave the IRS the capacity to do that) - would add $175 Billion a year to the public purse. That's enough to more than double federal investment in affordable housing or to re-establish the expanded child tax credit. In fact, an additional $175Billion a year is almost enough to lift everyone out of poverty altogether." nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opini…

A government should not be guided by the priorities of corporate interests; it should be guided by the priorities of a healthy family. First you make sure your kids are OK, that they are fed and healthy and educated and safe. Then you make sure your home is OK, which for society means the earth on which we live. Then you make sure we take care of each other. Only when we shift our priorities from an economic to a humanitarian bottom line will we end the self-destructive trajectory by which we destroy lives and even the earth itself with such irresponsibility and reckless abandon.

If any part of you wonders what will happen in the future if we don’t deal more effectively with the climate crisis now, read this article. What is happening in Somalia in time could happen anywhere…. nytimes.com/2023/03/20/world…

We don't have health care system; we have a sickness care system. We need to proactively create a healthy society, not merely treat symptoms so common in a sick one. Marianne2024.com

Our campaign’s median contribution over the last 7 days is $25, which is about what the minimum wage would be if it had grown with the economy’s productivity over the last 50 years. Can you help our campaign grow stronger with your donation today? tinyurl.com/25minwage

I met her once and we had a great conversation. Pat Schroeder was an amazing woman, and her challenges running for president are still present today. What’s different? We can see. thenation.com/article/politi…