Rena Korb is a professional writer and editor. Her publications span from children’s books to political commentary. She volunteers as a DemCast California captain and as a leader with her local Indivisible chapter. She also is a lifelong activist, attending her first protest when she was 16. She lives in San Mateo with her family and, in non-pandemic times, enjoys playing Ultimate frisbee.
Until early 2018, David Weissman was an online MAGA troll. A self-avowed one too. The kind you should just either report or
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Photo courtesy of MSNBC First they came for Portland. After protestors turned up for more than 50 consecutive nights, President Donald Trump and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf sent unidentified federal agents, dressed in military fatigues, after them.
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Midterm elections 2022 are only 419 days away. Depending on who you are, this sentence can impart vastly different meanings. If you’re a member of the political punditry, you are likely rubbing
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A few weeks ago I read that California was mandating masks for all public school students in the state, regardless of vaccination status. My heart sank. Then a few days ago I
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At DemCastUSA, we first started writing about the For the People months ago. Yet, what seems to be one of the most important bills of our lifetime, is still languishing in the
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Today my seventh grade twins went back to school for the first time in over a year. We live in California, which sits at the bottom of our 50 states in getting
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This is the fourth in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Election security and integrity is not something you can invest in
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This is the second in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Make no mistake, this is democracy in reverse. Rather than voters
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On Monday, April 5, California Indivisible groups representing tens of thousands of members gathered for simultaneous rallies at Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s state offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego to
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“The more people who express an interest in supporting only democracy-compliant businesses, the more power we collectively have to protect our democracy.” — Glenn Kirschner Glenn Kirschner has a number of impressive
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Just one blade of grass One small voice preaching for change To spark a movement What do you do when you’re a California kid and a pandemic is keeping you and your
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We Californians are generally a prideful people. If we were a country, we would rank as the world’s fifth-largest economy. We lead the country in technology and environmental policy. We sued the
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