Part one: John Nichols, The Nation magazine
The Next Politics Is All About Movements—and It’s Winning When AOC won in 2018, it was dismissed as a fluke. Now, she says, it’s clear that “the people’s movement…isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate.” We have a discussion about how there may be hopes for a change in politics.
It is obvious that big money has always had an effect on politics, by narrowing the discourse. In order to include all important issues, such as climate change, health care, and justice system reform, the electorate in the US has to be able to minimize the effect of big money. We also have to recognize that many people who run for office may not win, but that they raise ideas that inspire others, who can carry them further, like a relay race. It is good that there are many people, who in the past might not have considered a political run, are now stepping forward, and running for legislative offices. It is important that people can see what is possible.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/movement-politics-aoc-booker/
Part two: Rebecca Onion, an academic researcher and writer for slate.com.
We talk with Rebecca Onion, who has written about the dilemma that many parents face: What happens when we cannot open schools in the fall? She suggests a somewhat different approach: look at the problem as a risk management problem. Weigh the risks of open schools, and what we are willing to accept. We also must look at the various factors: Schools will have to accommodate students, but with no ways to increase their physical size, necessary for physical distancing, other faciltiies such as theaters or other venues that are standing empty, people who are displaced from their jobs (actors, artists, musicians) because of the the limitations on crowd size, etc. We discuss various options, and perhaps some solutions.
There Is a Way to Reopen Schools This Fall. Do We Have the Will to Make It Happen?
https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/reopening-schools-risk-spending-choices.html
