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Paul Loeb
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Paul Loeb is the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time and he The Impossible Will Take a Little While. new anthology on
political hope, www.paulloeb.org.
Recent Articles by Author
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A Hollow Song for a Hollow President: Reclaiming the Real Patriotic Ballads
After musician after musician pulled out from Trump’s “Freedom 250” concert, he was left with Lee Greenwood, an opera tenor, a couple of military bands, and Kash Patel’s girlfriend. The anthem that made Greenwood a star, “God Bless the USA,” was written in 1985 during the height of the Cold War.…
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Vanguard and Fidelity Knife Trump-Disfavored Nonprofits:
In actions that would do Putin, Orban, or Maduro proud, Vanguard and Fidelity just created a precedent to cut off funds to any nonprofits disliked by the federal government or any state government. The justification is a Trump administration indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)…
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Link the SAVE Act to the History of Republican Voter Suppression
Donald Trump asked Republicans to pass the SAVE Act “for Jesus.” He’d have been better calling out George Wallace and Strom Thurmond. The debate has focused on the bill’s many dangerous aspects, and the next steps to trying to pass it are unclear. But the SAVE Act builds on voter suppression that…
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Incorporate Arm Bands in the Mayday Strike: A Lesson from the Past
Major unions like the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, and citizen groups like Indivisible and Public Citizen are calling for a national Mayday strike. It’s a powerful idea, building off of a Minnesota day this past January where people didn’t go to work or school…