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Jesse Rubens
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Nov 15, 2022

Cutting the Car Tax

An increasingly large share of household incomes is being spent on our cars. In 2020, that cost rose to around nearly $10,000. We do this because we often have no other choice. Less than half of Americans have access to public transportation of any kind. Since the 1950s, we’ve designed…

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Cutting the Car Tax
Cutting the Car Tax

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Oct 24, 2022

Ron DeSantis’ Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against LGBTQ People

This Friday, Florida’s Medical Board, a group of DeSantis appointees, is set to ban gender affirming care for transgender and non-binary Floridians. Gender affirming care has been a target for the GOP nationwide for the past couple years as they have engaged in demagoguery around the existence of the LGBTQ+…

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Ron DeSantis’ Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against LGBTQ People
Ron DeSantis’ Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against LGBTQ People

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Sep 18, 2022

How to fix the Bachelor Franchise

This season of the Bachelorette has been an absolute dumpster fire. As a viewer, I have never been less interested in each episode and less curious about the outcome. We have two leads trying to find love, and it seems likely that when it’s all said and done, they may…

Bachelorette

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How to fix the Bachelor Franchise
How to fix the Bachelor Franchise
Bachelorette

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Aug 24, 2022

With a flick of his pen, President Biden cancels student loan debt. Here’s what that means.

Today, President Biden *finally* made the announcement that he will be canceling student loan debt, fulfilling a key promise he made on the campaign trail. Here’s how it shakes out: $10,000 in student loans will be canceled across the board Pell Grant recipients will be eligible for up to $20,000…

Student Debt

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With a flick of his pen, President Biden cancels student loan debt. Here’s what that means.
With a flick of his pen, President Biden cancels student loan debt. Here’s what that means.
Student Debt

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Jun 24, 2022

The Supreme Court is an Illigitimate Institution

This week, the highest court in the land issued a series of rulings that will have devastating consequences for human rights. And they’re only just getting started. In just the past seven days, the court has ruled that states are required to fund private religious schools, police cannot be sued…

Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court is an Illigitimate Institution
The Supreme Court is an Illigitimate Institution
Supreme Court

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Jun 18, 2022

We are in a housing crisis. Here’s what we should do about it.

Even before the pandemic hit, we were in an affordable housing crisis with nearly a third of Ohio renters barely earning enough to scrape by. Today, more than 40 million Americans are at risk of eviction with millions more living paycheck to paycheck. According to a leading affordable housing nonprofit…

Affordable Housing

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We are in a housing crisis. Here’s what we should do about it.
We are in a housing crisis. Here’s what we should do about it.
Affordable Housing

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Jun 12, 2022

No Cops or Corporations at Pride, please and thank you

Happy Pride month! This is a joyous time meant to celebrate all that is bright and beautiful in the LGBTQ+ community. It is a time to march, to sing, to dance, to make art, to make friends, to find your chosen family. It is also a time for corporations and…

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No Cops or Corporations at Pride, please and thank you
No Cops or Corporations at Pride, please and thank you

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May 2, 2022

Let’s Talk About “Defund the Police”

A Philadelphia police officer was just arrested for killing a 12-year old boy. Evidence indicates the boy was unarmed and shot in the back. The officers were plain clothed and were not wearing their body cameras. This tragedy is not an outlier in an otherwise well-functioning bureaucracy; it is the…

Defundthepolice

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Let’s Talk About “Defund the Police”
Let’s Talk About “Defund the Police”
Defundthepolice

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Apr 17, 2022

Yes, there is such a thing as free money

In March of 2021, Democrats in Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in the wake of the pandemic-induced recession. One of the key components of the law was that every parent would receive $3,000 per child with no strings attached, $3,600 if the child was under six. A recent study…

Ubi

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Yes, there is such a thing as free money
Yes, there is such a thing as free money
Ubi

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Jan 6, 2022

The Insurrection is Ongoing

It’s been one year since Former President Trump incited a violent insurrectionist mob on the Capitol aiming to overthrow the election he lost. Members of Congress were, in some cases, seconds away from being killed. I would love to tell you that those responsible for the insurrection have been held…

January 6 2021

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The Insurrection is Ongoing
The Insurrection is Ongoing
January 6 2021

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Jesse Rubens

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Progressive Organizer, Policy Writer, Political Scientist

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