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Nick Licata

Nick Licata, was a 5 term Seattle City Councilmember, named progressive municipal official of the year by The Nation, and is founding board chair of Local Progress, a national network of 1,000 progressive municipal officials. Author of Becoming a Citizen Activist. http://www.becomingacitizenactivist.org/changemakers/ Subscribe to Licata’s newsletter Urban Politics http://www.becomingacitizenactivist.org/
International

Can Zelensky Salvage Anything From his Disastrous Meeting in Trump’s Oval?

While the main media outlets focused on this brawl, they didn’t dive into the proposed document that Trump and Zelensky were to sign.
Politics

Key to Democracy (and our Strength): Diversification of our Electorate

Liberalism, as practiced by the Democratic Party, recognizes that diverse groups can strengthen our democracy. However, liberalism, as an economic philosophy, emphasizes individuals’ right to control their property as they wish, aligning with conservative beliefs.
Politics

Orwell Time: Trump Equates Eliminating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Championing Human Rights

By pushing these employees out of government jobs, Trump borrows a practice from President Andrew Jackson, who created a “spoils system” of government patronage.
Cities

The Case for a Collaborative Approach to Social Housing

This February 11, Seattle voters will decide whether to accept or reject a continuous funding plan for social housing. Two competing housing plans are on a ballot mailed out on January 22 and must be returned by election day.
Politics

Has the GOP Really Become the Party of the Working Class?

The bottom line is that White working-class voters are more concerned with achieving financial security than with solving cultural grievances beyond their community. 
Politics

Revolutionary Corruption: Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump

Jackson and Trump were/are leading a working-class movement to gain more power by dismantling government institutions.
Politics

Why Trump Won: The Economy, The Economy, The Economy.

 Inflation was a scourge that hurt Harris as it did for two previous presidents, Ford and Carter, who lost after serving one term each due to significant inflation.
Politics

If Trump Loses, a Plan to Overturn

Trump’s law firms don’t need to win their lawsuits; they only need the court to kick the final decision over to the state legislature.
Politics

How Kamala Harris Could Win Back Seniors

Harris’s language appeals to Democrats. They want somebody to fight Trump. Someone who will call out how he is attacking SSI and helping billionaires. But for those not steeped in political party identification, it sounds like vague promises. 
International

Case Studies: How Democracies Become Overwhelmed by Strongmen

Since 2000, two functional democracies have fallen under authoritarian rule. It wasn’t through insurrections but when authoritarian governmental laws accumulated incrementally. Is America experiencing that trend? Consider how Venezuela and...
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