Ep. 9 Katie Rosenberg, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin

03/31/21 • 52 min

Katie Rosenberg, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin
"I know we have the philosophical debates, but at the end of the day it’s like: do we care about our neighbors or do we not?" – Katie Rosenberg

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Twitter: @katierosenberg

Here’s the website for Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

Here’s an NPR article with the results I referenced from the Michael Tubbs’ foray into guaranteed income in Stockton, aka the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration.
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Katie Rosenberg, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin
"I know we have the philosophical debates, but at the end of the day it’s like: do we care about our neighbors or do we not?" – Katie Rosenberg

Follow Katie on the socials! You will be glad you did.
Twitter: @katierosenberg

Here’s the website for Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

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Ep. 8 Lorena González, Seattle City Council President

Lorena González, Seattle City Council President and Candidate for Mayor of Seattle "Seattle is an example of how you can be reforming your police department for 12 years and still get a knee on the neck when you’re protesting." – Lorena González

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Twitter: @cmlgonzalez (mayoral campaign account: @mlorenagonzalez
Instagram: @cmlorenagonzalez (mayoral campaign IG: @lorena4seattle)

Here is an article with more coverage of the police budget negotiations from Sept. 2020. The article includes a local King 5 news station video that features today’s guest – give it a watch.

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Ep. 10 Christina Haswood, Kansas State Representative - district 10

Christina Haswood, Kansas State Representative, House District 10"How many times in this room of the House of the Chamber are the discussions that try to take and dehumanize Indigenous peoples and Native Americans? I was like, man, whatever they tried to do in this room, it didn’t work. It failed. I’m here." – Christina Haswood
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Here is a link specifically to the TikTok from the swearing in ceremony
And here is the link to the FABULOUS video explainer of "The Kansas Experiment" (aka, "the Brownback Experiment") from Loud Light that Christina mentioned in the interview.
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