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How the ‘Build Back Better’ plan saves money and lives
How the ‘Build Back Better’ plan saves money and lives

The answer lies in an expansion of the strategy that held the line against poverty in 2020 and that helped America out of the Great Depression.

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Economic JusticeWill CaronBuild Back Better, Tax System, Tax Policy, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Tax The Rich, Infrastructure, Social Infrastructure, Government, Investment, Community, community health, Working Families, Economy, economic opportunity, Economic Justice, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Green New DealComment
Hawaiʻi progressives urge Rep. Ed Case to support federal infrastructure plan
Hawaiʻi progressives urge Rep. Ed Case to support federal infrastructure plan

Local progressive groups are teaming up in an effort to push Congressman Ed Case, D-Hawaiʻi, to support President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan, which aims to aggressively address issues such as climate change, child care and rebuilding infrastructure.

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Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social JusticeAshley MizuoBuild Back Better, Equitable Recovery, Federal Policy, Congressman Ed Case, Ed Case, Congress, Social Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Social Justice, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, Climate Action Now, Climate Action, climate change, Conservatives, Government, Investment, Community, community health, Hawaii, Resilience, Sustainability, Green New Deal, Green Economy, Just Transition, Green Jobs, Healthcare, Kupuna Care, Childcare, Housing, affordable housingComment
YPDA condemns "compassionate disruption" holiday sweeps
YPDA condemns "compassionate disruption" holiday sweeps

Honolulu’s “compassionate disruption" and sit/lie bans have not resulted in any progress whatsoever toward solving the problems that cause homelessness.

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Social JusticeWill Caronaction, Civil Rights, community, City, Common Sense, Cost of Living, Community, affordable housing, Honolulu, Hawaii, Humanity, homelessness, homeless, Houselessness, housing, social justice, Economic Justice, One Job Should Be Enough, Living Wage, place, criminal justice reform, justice, Minimum Wage, Neoliberalism, Public Health, Public Safety, Policy, Police State, politics, Politics, planning, Social