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Tag: Governance

  • How the liberal city paved the way to neoliberalism

    How the liberal city paved the way to neoliberalism

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    In 1979, a few years after New York’s fiscal crisis, New York City mayor Ed Koch posed for a photograph alongside Donald Trump. Mayor Koch despised the welfare state and cut it severely during his tenure. He also partnered with developers like Trump to promote real estate growth, in the hope that it would prevent…

  • Federal workers are organizing for democracy—from the inside out

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    This article was originally published by NPQ Online on June 25, 2025, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/federal-workers-are-organizing-for-democracy-from-the-inside-out/. Used with permission. In the face of a relentless effort to dismantle the federal government from within, a new movement is taking shape—led not by politicians or pundits but by federal workers themselves. The largest effort to date is the Federal Unionists Network (FUN).…

  • The Liberating Power of the Commonsverse

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    A key reason that so many social and ecological pathologies persist, despite strenuous efforts to solve them, is that the narrow frame for solving them. Our political culture sees capitalist markets and growth as the only serious vehicles for progressive change. When private property, corporate profitmaking, and the commodification of nature are seen as sacrosanct,…

  • Building a just energy future together: Join the REC Co-lab this March

    Building a just energy future together: Join the REC Co-lab this March

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    It’s 2025. That fact alone is a lot to deal with in the United States, especially for those who understand the urgent imperative to transition to a just, democratic, and inclusive energy system, powered by clean, renewable energy. With the current administration ideologically committed to toxic and inefficient forms of energy of the past—fossil fuels…