DAGR Weekly Reader W1-SEP
“When we go marching, marching, we’re marching, too, for men, for they are women’s children.”
~ Bread and Roses, women’s labor song.
A Woman’s Place is in the House and Senate
Working class mothers usually can’t run for office; it’s too expensive. But a few have, and their efforts are leveling the field. When more can, legislation may start looking more like the people it affects.
Liuba Grechen Shirley, Vote Mama, Grassroots Connection, Sep 3, 2025
Greenwashed Gold Rush: The hidden cost of the electric vehicle boom
How Big Banks are fueling a new wave of environmental and human rights abuses. The extractive industries, and rare minerals they provide for EV, are one of the ‘big bad’ arguments the fossil fuel supporters use to gin up the MAGA anti-renewables folks. RAN suggests we need ‘green’ but we also need to clean up its act!
Op-ed, Rainforest Action Network, Sep 3, 2025
The Next Phase of the Fight
Challenges to democracy intensified over the summer. Now the fall will mark the next phase in the fight for the Constitution. Will the rule of law hold? How will the 2026 election unfold? Michael Waldman and an expert panel look at the prospects. 1-hr webinar.
Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School, Sep 4, 2025
The 35% Answer: When a Third of Your Country Lives in a Weird Fantasy
Democracy only works if we can agree on what happened. Not what it means, just what actually happened. We can debate whether a war was justified. We can't debate whether it occurred. That basic requirement is now broken. Find many examples and a bit of ‘what to do’ here.
Christopher Armitage, The Existential Republic, Substack, Sep 06, 2025
Teaching College Students to Fact-Check
College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − using a curriculum developed at Stanford University.
The Conversation (US), Aug 26, 2025
Disability Criminalization: A Primer
Law enforcement often fails those with disabilities. It often comes out that the person’s mental health crisis was mistaken by police, resulting in injury or death. There’s more to the story and Georgetown University has studied it. There are humane and, frankly, economical public safety actions. It's a 23-page pdf, but it’s also a real eye opener.
S. Santoro & J. Morgan, American Civil Law Review, Georgetown University, Aug 15, 2025