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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/
Politics

Debt Ceiling? A Made-Up Crisis We Need to End

Democrats and Republicans offer two competing solutions that depend on interpreting or amending the Constitution. If either solution were successful, the next battle between any Administration and Congress to balance the budget by raising a debt ceiling would be eliminated. 
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Did the Supreme Court Just Recognize Systemic Racism?

Both Roberts and Kavanaugh are on the same page agreeing that Voting Rights Act outlaws voting practices that discriminate based on race. That's a significant shift from their earlier skepticism about the Act.
Politics

The Debt Ceiling Deal: Toting up the Score

The Republicans did not have a winning strategy.  And they have little to show to voters in the next election.
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Why You Should Know What the Federalist Society Is

Founded in 1982, the Federalist Society focused on spreading conservative ideas in law schools, hoping their members would someday deconstruct the liberal-dominated legal system.
Health

Busting the Myths Around Universal Health Care

Let's examine how each assumption is challenged by how our healthcare compares to other nations' healthcare plans.
Politics

Debt Ceiling? America’s Enormous Military Budget Enables Worldwide Intervention

Some members from both parties question if the spigot of money flowing to the military should be turned down a bit. That's unlikely, unless there is a change of strategy.
Politics

Freedom to Fail: Kevin McCarthy’s Perilous Path to Power

To get elected Speaker, McCarthy must do the bidding of the Freedom Caucus, especially Jim Jordan and Marjorie Taylor Green.
Politics

Time for Seattle to Join the Ranked Choice Voting Brigade?

Nationwide, 50 jurisdictions employ some form of ranked choice voting. On Election Day eight other cities and counties vote on whether to convert to ranked-choice voting.
Religion

How Much a Threat to the Republic are Christian Nationalists?

Stopping Christian Nationalism from becoming malignant must begin at the local and state levels, and with civic education.
Politics

Memo to Trump: Democracies Often Prosecute Former Heads of State

Has our image of exceptionalism, seeing ourselves as the most democratic and free republic, blinded us from applying the law to our former leaders?
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