Joel Wendland-Liu
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joel Wendland-Liu
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Culture
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’: Writer Craig Mazin’s imploding ideological superstructure
July 31, 2019Mazin chose to flog the dead horse of Cold War anti-Sovietism in order to make a statement about global climate change, but “truth” suffers in the process.
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Opinion
Open source socialism: Harnessing innovation for progressive change
June 29, 2016The impulse for large-scale, government-led democratic socialist reforms could produce the qualitative transformation Marx counted on.
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Environment
Too late to apologize for poisoning Flint’s water supply
January 6, 2016The full story about the administration's true role in this disaster may have to wait for the outcome of federal-level investigations.
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Opinion
The left’s challenge: facing institutional and individual racism
August 12, 2015Perhaps hammering out a common agenda violates the concept of Black Lives Matter, but we can still work something out along with other Democratic and progressive candidates.
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U.S.
White House to boost fuel economy standards
July 29, 2011The average car fuel economy will nearly double by 2025 to almost 55 miles per gallon, President Obama announced.
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U.S.
GOP launches “race to the bottom” for Michigan environment
July 27, 2011"Racing to the bottom on environmental protection and worker safety isn't a jobs plan for Michigan," said Mark Schauer, national co-chair of the BlueGreen Alliance Jobs 21! campaign.
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U.S.
Coal pollution killing poor, people of color, NAACP charges
July 20, 2011More than 8 million people live within three miles of a coal power plant, and those people are disproportionately poor or people of color.
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U.S.
White House to hold Twitter town hall
July 5, 2011The White House will host the first ever "Twitter town hall" Wednesday, July 6, on the economy and the president's plan to create jobs.
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