DAGR Weekly Reader W4-NOV
“Be careful what you wish for!” ~ Celtic proverb
California’s Solar Hack
In the middle of California's Central Valley, a new way to use solar panels could change how we think about clean energy and water. It’s a simple idea that people have talked about for decades, but only now is it finally being tested in real life.
University of California, Nov 24, 2025
"They're engaged, they're optimistic!" Rural Voters, Gerrymandering, and Voting Blue
Missouri is “red” due to redistricting, but that should not discourage Democrats from investing in its electoral races, says the Executive Director for Blue Missouri. If anything, the Democratic Party should be incentivized—particularly as the Trump Administration continues to harm rural farmers, workers, and hospital systems.
Jess Piper and Jennifer Rubin, The Contrarian, Nov 24, 2025
A Surprisingly Powerful Tool to Make Cities More Livable
Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities. Open air and full sun or the newer idea of rooftop agrivoltaics, changes are happening around the world and the results in temperature moderation and air purity are appreciable.
Matt Simon, Mother Jones, Nov 25, 2025
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability, says the Nobel laureate economist. And 2025 is looking frighteningly similar. It could be deja view all over again.
Paul Krugman, Substack, Nov 28, 2025
BOMBSHELL: Trump Is FINISHED (This Time We Really Mean It)
This time it's for real, right? We keep seeing the same phrase. “The beginning of the end.” The Daily Beast used it last week. Then Newsweek. Then NPR. Then a Substack I follow. All of them about Trump. All of them confident that this time, finally, the coalition is cracking. Is it?
Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, Substack, Nov 30, 2025
‘I’ve Been Doing This Work for 25 Years and I’ve Never Seen Such Fear’
Times columnists were asked to review a charity to recommend for Giving Tuesday. New Life Ministries in Chicago is highlighted here, for their work in distressed neighborhoods and, most recently, supporting areas where immigrants were bused in and dumped. This is one of several in the Times collection, indicative.
David French, The New York Times, Nov. 30, 2025