Good things are happening! States are taking on the fossil fuel industry through a plastics investigation, a ban on fossil fuels in new buildings, and by challenging the crypto industry’s ambitions to repurpose power plants for bitcoin mining. Meanwhile, teachers in Oakland took a risk by walking off the job to protest the closure of public schools. And you can pitch in to send Starbucks and Amazon workers to a labor conference.

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