State Power
Notes on state power, democracy, and collective action — by Gaby Goldstein, founder of State Futures
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State Legislators Are Linking Arms to Fight ICE — and It's Working (opens the original)
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"The Supreme Court Is a Group of Partisan Hacks" — and Other Things I Want You to Know (opens the original)
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This piece was first published on Democracy.News by Meaghan Winter, who interviewed me about why state-level power has never mattered more — and what we can actually do about it. It's written from Meaghan's point of view and covers a lot of ground: ICE detention facilities, the collective purchasing power of states on prescription drugs, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and why I think the Supreme Court is, well, exactly what I called it. I'm republishing it here because the convers
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