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Author Archives: Maurice Mitchell

Maurice Mitchell is national director of the Working Families Party and a senior fellow at Prism. You can follow him on Twitter @MauriceWFP.

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Regular people are already the heroes behind the Green New Deal

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell March 4th, 2020March 19th, 2021

For so long, debates about climate policy have been rooted in questioning people’s individual choices. What kind of lightbulb should we buy? Is it time to go vegan? Is this really the most eco-friendly car on the market? But as the climate crisis rose to the forefront of public consciousness, so too did the idea […]

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Debunking the myths and misinformation about the Green New Deal

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell January 21st, 2020March 19th, 2021
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From denialism to eco-fascism: The right’s new climate change blame game

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell December 20th, 2019March 18th, 2021
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Seven years after Hurricane Sandy destroyed my family home, the fight continues

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell December 2nd, 2019April 14th, 2022
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Donald Trump’s new Red Scare

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell August 19th, 2019March 18th, 2021
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Underground music, political organizing, and how to build the America we all deserve

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell July 17th, 2019March 19th, 2021
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All the president’s white men: A call for honesty in the electability debate

Copy of PrismHeadshots10 by Maurice Mitchell June 7th, 2019March 18th, 2021

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