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Get off my lawn (or, Not all innovation is good for the collective)

June 26, 2025 by Shay
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During a recent House Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee meeting, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his latest plan as part of Making America Healthy Again. And that is that in four years, he would like to see all Americans sporting a wearable. For those not in the know, a …

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Calling All White People, Part 68: What are we now—Generation Ex-Progressive?

June 13, 2025 by Average White Guy
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Calling All White People, Part 68 TODAY’S EPISODE: Gen X’ers are finding their power…in the worst possible way Maybe you don’t pay attention to the names behind our current slide away from democracy. The people behind the scenes and sometimes very publically in front of them who are dictating policies and plans that are now …

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Survival reflections from a Black woman, and the joy of “Boots on the Ground”

May 28, 2025 by Shay
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For many, the current political climate and trajectory in the United States feels hopeless. How do you survive the boot of fascism crushing our lives, while at the same time raising kids, tending to loved ones, working, paying bills and just trying to live? How do we fit in time for resistance when our system …

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