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September 7, 2016 By Susan C. Strong

The Hope: Grass Roots Bipartisans at Work Right Now

Labor Day weekend is over, and the Election 2016 countdown is going into overdrive. We’re all going to work hard for our chosen candidates of course, but is there any realistic hope that after November 8 our national political life will move beyond the bitter, paralyzed disagreement we have now?  Today the scene looks nothing […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: 2016 election, American, bipartisan, citizens, collaboration, democracy, framing, grass roots, hyperpartisan, Mark Gerzon, metaphors, rebirth, reinvention, renewal, solutions, towns, transpartisan

May 30, 2015 By Susan C. Strong

Say: “Smart on Prison Dollars” not “Smart on Crime”

With recent reports that aspiring presidential candidates Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin and Senator Marco Rubio, have both bucked the growing wave of bipartisan agreement about reforming criminal justice in this country, suddenly what looked like a slam dunk reform movement may be in jeopardy again. Up until recently, there has been a growing bipartisan consensus […]

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Filed Under: Social and Economic Justice, Still Featured Tagged With: 2016 election, criminal justice reform, governors, presidential candidates, private prison lobby

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