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Isaiah J. Poole

Isaiah J. Poole

Isaiah J. Poole is the editorial director of The Next System Project, a project of the Democracy Collaborative.

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The new populists are devoted, in contrast, to diversity, tolerance, and inclusiveness. (Photo: Dr Case/Flickr)

Progressive Populism and a 21st Century Challenge

Grassroots activists are re-defining populism for a new era.

Isaiah J. Poole ·

"The next wave of infrastructure spending cannot be business as usual," Poole writes. "The Green Stimulus plan offers a necessary framework for getting this right."

Infrastructure and a Green Stimulus: Why We Must Organize Before Congress Acts

Even without a Donald Trump in the White House, we know from past experience what an infrastructure bill coming out of Congress would look like absent overwhelming grassroots pressure.

Isaiah J. Poole ·

Cards Against Humanity, an independent company best known for producing a card game with that name, announced February 3 that it had purchased ClickHole and reincorporated it as an independent, majority employee-owned company. (Photo: Click Hole Logo)

Out of the ClickHole, a Light on Alternative Media Ownership Models

It marks a new entry into the ranks of employee-owned firms and puts a spotlight on a problem facing larger and more serious-minded media enterprises that employee ownership might help solve.

Isaiah J. Poole ·

Without Amazon, New York Can Now Do Economic Development Right

"Often, a community already has what it needs for its own revival, but those resources are being sucked out of the community rather than being marshaled to strengthen it."

Isaiah J. Poole ·

Why We Have To Break Up Amazon

A European Union inquiry into Amazon’s business practices raises the same questions we should be asking in the United States about Amazon’s size and power

Isaiah J. Poole ·

Bernie Sanders recalled his own childhood growing up in a rent-controlled apartment in New York City, which “meant that my family, which did not have a lot of money, did not have to spend 50 or 60 percent of its limited income on housing.”(Photo: Caelie_Frampton/flickr/cc)

We Have A Housing Emergency. Here’s How We Face It

The nation’s affordable housing crisis has morphed into a full-blown emergency.

Isaiah J. Poole ·

"I would say don’t be afraid to run as what you are and what you believe in. Find a way to connect those issues to what everybody in the community is feeling, and I think you will do just fine.”(Photo: Iowa CCI Action Fund/Twitter)

A Newly Elected Democratic Socialist On How to Win in Trump Country

“If we talk to people on issues in a universal way, we are going to get their vote.”

Isaiah J. Poole ·

9 Reasons To Stop The GOP’s Giant Tax Gift Bucket

Read this and then pick up the phone and call your member of Congress to say "Enough."

Isaiah J. Poole ·

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