Dispatches
Dispatches
News from the front lines of progressive grassroots politics.
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‘We Need Real Housing Relief for All Tenants’
In New York City and throughout the nation, activists are standing up for renters’ rights. Rising rents, stagnant wages, and low rental vacancy rates were a toxic mix long before COVID-19 hit U.S. shores. Read more
Dec 2, 2020
Marc St. Gil, The U.S. National Archives, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
Midwest Dispatch: Buffalo, Walmart, and South Dakota
As the pandemic rages, Native people seek to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. Giving land back to help sustain and nurture future generations would seem like a logical step. Read more
Dec 1, 2020
Smart Ass Cripple: Whose Lives Are Worth Saving?
COVID-19 reminds us that people with disabilities are often treated as expendable. Those attitudes are what really make me feel vulnerable. They can be as lethal for disabled folks as COVID-19. Read more
Dec 1, 2020
Wisconsin Governor Urged to Release Inmates from COVID-19 ‘Death Sentences’
The number of COVID-19 cases in state prisons has nearly tripled in the last month, intensifying calls for release. The stakes are literally life or death. Read more
Nov 30, 2020
Thomas Frank: Trump Will Be Evicted, but Trumpism Lives On
The Democratic Party’s future must be built around class-based issues in order to reach working people. Read more
Nov 27, 2020
Giving Thanks the Turkeys Are Leaving
It looks like the Trump Administration might go out with a whimper instead of a civil insurrection-inducing bang. Read more
Nov 26, 2020
In Remembrance of Mark Anthony Rolo
The late, great Native American writer from Wisconsin always found a reason to give thanks. Read more
Nov 26, 2020
Like a Rocket in the Garden: The Unending War in Afghanistan
People in the United States continue to pretend that the despair and futility we’ve caused isn’t our fault. Read more
Nov 25, 2020
The Power Behind the Win
Black and Latinx voters helped deliver the nation to Joe Biden—now, he owes them. Read more
Nov 23, 2020
Let’s Give Trump A Little Help
The only way Donald Trump will leave the White House is if we convince him he’ll be better off out of office. Read more
Nov 20, 2020
Foreign Correspondent: The Upcoming Fights Over COVID-19 Vaccines
Who will be vaccinated first, and in what countries? Read more
Nov 20, 2020
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Will Biden’s New FCC End the Digital Divide?
A critical first step for the President-elect to achieve universal broadband will depend on whom he selects as the new chairperson. Read more
Nov 20, 2020
Official White House photo by David Lienemann, via Creative Commons
The Other Americans: What Joe Biden’s Win Means for Central America
Though it might undo many of Trump’s policies, the Biden Administration will likely return to an Obama-era approach in the region. Read more
Nov 19, 2020
Unequal Justice: The Treachery of Samuel Alito
His record of arch-conservatism makes him more closely akin to a Fox News host than a Supreme Court Justice. Read more
Nov 19, 2020
Biden vs. the Climate Revolution
Though wary of electoral politics, progressive climate activists helped Biden win—and now must make him deliver. Read more
Nov 18, 2020
Midwest Dispatch: Republican Tribalism Won’t Protect Us from the Pandemic
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Trump supporters are doubling down on their beliefs that the virus isn’t real — even as many of them are becoming hospitalized. Read more
Nov 17, 2020
Trump Team Seeks to ‘Delay the Inevitable‘
In Wisconsin, as elsewhere, the Republicans’ false claims of voter fraud are becoming undone. Read more
Nov 17, 2020
The Lamest Coup in the World
When it comes to supporting their failed President or supporting democracy, Republicans go with Trump. Read more
Nov 13, 2020
Terry Allen
A New Vision for Immigration
Once in office, Joe Biden must immediately work toward a system where immigrants aren’t treated as criminals. Read more
Nov 13, 2020
Billionaire GOP Donors Contract COVID-19
The Uihleins, who have opposed public health guidelines, tested positive after attending the White House election eve watch party. Read more
Nov 13, 2020
