All Right, Then, I’ll Go to Hell
Periodic thoughts on climate, the law, and the future of the Democratic Party, from someone who's very angry about the state of all three.
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Jews today face real threats. A mayor opposing genocide isn’t one of them. (opens the original)
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If you’re on my Substack, you probably know that we just had an exciting election here in Providence, where a young progressive candidate defeated our centrist incumbent mayor. David Morales didn’t talk much about Israel/Palestine during his mayoral campaign, but that hasn’t stopped certain voices from trying to inject the same narrative of fear that’s been pushed front and center in relation to other progressive candidates this year.A Jewish Telegraphic Agency <a href="https://www.jta.org/2026/
Burnt Offering (opens the original)
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The Jewish calendar is built around the Torah. Each Shabbat, a different Torah portion is read, corresponding to a specific calendar week. On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, we read the Akedah. In English, we call it the Binding of Isaac.You know the story. God tells Abraham, “Take your son, Isaac, whom you love, and offer him as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you.” So Abraham packs up his son and sets off, along with two servants, whom he leaves at the bo
Lessons from the David Morales Campaign (opens the original)
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Today is Primary Election Day in my home state of Rhode Island. There’s one race in particular that I think progressives across the country should have on their radar—David Morales’s campaign for mayor of Providence. For The Nation, I wrote about some lessons that leftist organizers and candidates in other small cities could learn from this race.Thanks—and if you’re in Rhode Island, don’t forget to get out and vote!<a class=
Data Centers Could Spark a People-vs-Billionaires Supermajority (opens the original)
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Bryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana for more than a decade. The lead organizer with Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), a consumer and environmental organization, he usually encounters a mix of reactions when he’s out canvassing—whatever issue he’s talking about, there’s always at least a few people on the other side. But at a recent festival in the rural town of Monrovia, Indiana, he was struck by an unusual spirit of unity.He was there about a proposed data center—a 550-acre Goo
Will Centrists “Vote Blue No Matter Who”? (opens the original)
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Call it a sweep. On Tuesday, progressives ran the table in the Michigan Democratic primary, with Donovan McKinney, Will Lawrence, and Abdul El-Sayed each dispatching their corporate-backed opponents despite a barrage of dark-money-funded attack ads against them—including $70 million spent against El-Sayed, whose campaign overcame an 11-to-one spending disadvantage to secure his remarkable victory.The big question, now, is whether the Democratic establishment that opposed these candidates so vehe
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