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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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News + Politics

What I, like millions, saw at the DNC from watching it on TV

Harris was strong on vibe, less on policy. Is she a Yimby? And poor Gavin, in political exile.

DNC week proves there’s more than one way to stand up for Gaza

From uncommitted delegates to some creative protestors, Chicago didn’t let the Dems forget the issue of Palestine

Scenes from the Poor People’s March in Chicago ….

... And the eviction of Wood Street in Oakland.

Support for Palestinian rights—in the halls of the DNC

Uncommitted delegate and The Dig’s leftist podcast host Daniel Denvir is among those playing an inside game

In 1960s secretary drag, she types strangers’ DNC week letters to POTUS

Sheryl Oring's Bay-born "I Wish to Say" project has loosed tongues for two decades—now she's on the ground in Chicago.

The DNC word of the night? ‘Corporate greed.’

Speakers powerfully hammered the phrase. And yet: Nobody talked about billionaire greed, or raising taxes on the rich.

Chicago protests, day 1: ‘A big collective effort’

Large, diverse group holds (mostly) peaceful march as Dems open national convention.

2024 DNC protests may have little in common with 1968—let’s hope

Similar political contexts, sure, but progressive Chicago leadership, protestors’ focus on de-escalation, and the evolution movement itself predict change

California’s reform era led to lower crime, despite what the news media reports

Moves to reduce incarceration were not associated with higher rates of violent crime—or property crime—a new report shows

Why the critical housing bond died

No statewide leadership, no strategy, foolish errors—the 'moderates' bungled one of the most important housing proposals in decades.

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