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Witness the State of the Union address with President Biden as he speaks directly to the American people about our nation's historic progress, the challenges we face, and his unwavering optimism for the future. Join us in this moment of unity and hope as we come together to shape a brighter tomorrow.
Patagonia, the outdoor apparel brand, is funneling its profits to an array of groups working on everything from dam removal to voter registration.
Mr. Biden has orchestrated the biggest ever federal investment in clean energy and electric vehicles and has proposed what would be the first limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants as well as the tightest restrictions on tailpipe emissions. He is cracking down on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, that leaks from oil and gas wells. Taken together, these efforts could substantially reduce the country’s contribution to global warming.
Other Voices
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON • Letters from an American
Today a report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed strong economic growth of 3.3% in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2023, setting growth for the year at 3.1% (by comparison, in the first three years of Trump’s term, before the pandemic, growth was 2.5%). A year ago, economists projected that the U.S. would have a recession in 2023, and forecast growth of 0.2%.
JERRY LECLAIRE • Indivisible—The High Ground
There will always be those who, for one reason or another, denigrate the public schools. The schools don’t adhere to this or that parent’s view of how certain things should (or shouldn’t) be taught, often sex education, evolution, or race relations; the public schools cost too much; the public schools are administratively top heavy, teachers are paid too well, they get too much vacation. The direction of these complaints are two fold: either, as we’re seeing now at school board meetings across the country, an activist minority decides they will bend the curriculum to suit their particular ideology—or such a minority wants to establish private schools of a particular bent—and wants public money to fund them.
JERRY LECLAIRE • Indivisible—The High Ground
This article critiques the longstanding economic formula advocated by U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers and many Republicans, emphasizing tax cuts for the wealthy and reduced regulations as a means to spur economic growth. Tracing the roots of this approach to Reaganomics, the essay highlights its adverse effects on wealth inequality, middle-class erosion, and rising homelessness over the past four decades.
Range Media • Spokane
Seems like there’s an election every year. Maybe we should make them better.