This week we’re joined by Tyler St. Clair of Common Cause Illinois to talk about their non-partisan focus on accountability, transparency, and good governance. Tyler explains how it is up to us, as political junkies, to let our networks know when we should be worried, when we should be excited, and when we need to act. Plus, tips for writing a Letter to the Editor! 

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How do you decide which communities deserve drinkable water? Morgan explains how the government failed the residents of Flint, Michigan by putting profits over public health in this classic example of environmental racism.

Top priority: Call your reps and demand they vote YES on HR 1, or text “sign PGPFDU” to 50409 and Resistbot will do it for you

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The erasure of missing and murdered Indigenous women is where true crime, white supremacy, and public policy intersect. This week we’re joined by our first Canadian guest to shine a light on this human-rights crisis that disproportionately affects Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States. 

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The modern Republican party is basically your friend’s boyfriend you were always suspicious of, and who got caught cheating on her. It’s long past time for the more moderate Republicans to distance themselves from the Trump wing, but why is it taking so long? History has its eyes on them, and so do we. 

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Katie's guest this week is a former Elizabeth Warren intern, Harvard student, and program associate at Impactual. Maya Jenkins discusses what she learned growing up as the granddaughter of two civil rights activists, solving big problems like low voter turnout, and how coming from a place of respect and love for yourself allows you to harness tools to advocate for what you deserve. 

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It’s Black History Month, so let’s look at America’s painfully predictable pattern of progress followed by white backlash. Fellow white people, repeat after me: racial justice is our problem, too. That’s the secret to the American experiment, and the only way to move past the wave of hate we’re in to continue making America into the truly multiracial democracy we know she can be. 

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Nick, our favorite local organizer, is back to talk about the short window we have to use our Democratic trifecta to save our democracy and transform our harmful systems. We defeated Trump, and now we have to defeat the forces that allowed him to rise. Plus, romance novel recommendations and Bachelor takes. 

Katie and Morgan react to the January 6th riot at the Capitol. While tragic, it was ultimately a bump in the road towards MLK Jr.’s vision of a multiracial democracy that cares about every person’s civil and human rights. To get there we'll need to hold the people involved accountable, find the truth, and only then begin reconciliation. 

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Katie is joined by Amy Burrell who is running for Village of Orland Park Trustee in the April 2021 suburban election. 

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Georgia is on our minds. If the thought of human-turtle hybrid Mitch McConnell controlling the Senate for the next two years makes you want to vom (same), there’s still time to shut it down! Sign up to phonebank with us and Gaslit Nation at 3:00pm or Fated Mates at 5:00pm CT today. If that’s not your thing you can also send Pizza to the Polls for Georgians waiting in long lines to cast their votes. 

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