Maurice Mitchell

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.

7 posts
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Climate & Environment

Regular people are already the heroes behind the Green New Deal

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

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6 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell
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Climate & Environment

Debunking the myths and misinformation about the Green New Deal

The right is using every tool it has to stop a world-saving climate agenda. It’s funneled millions of dollars to sow fear and false narratives among the public. And its forces exploit the climate crisis to advance eco-fascism and white nationalism. Conservatives are terrified of what the fight against

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7 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell
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Opinion

From denialism to eco-fascism: The right’s new climate change blame game

The climate crisis has long been escalating. With temperatures, sea levels and climate refugees all on the rise, it’s difficult to imagine a more terrifying trajectory. But we’ve reached a new level of existential threat. Because now, some elements of the right wing are using the crisis to

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5 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell
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Essays

Seven years after Hurricane Sandy destroyed my family home, the fight continues

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy ripped through Long Island, destroying my family home. The day before the storm hit, my parents and I crowded around the television as the newscasters announced the mandatory evacuation. “It’s probably just a precaution,” we told each other. We decided we should be cautious,

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5 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell
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Opinion

Donald Trump’s new Red Scare

Recently, Donald Trump attacked four progressive young women of color in Congress affectionately known as The Squad, saying they should “go back” to the countries they came from. At a Trump rally soon after, a frenzied crowd chanted “send her back” as a call to arms against Minnesota freshman Congresswoman

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4 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell
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Opinion

Underground music, political organizing, and how to build the America we all deserve

When I was in the underground do-it-yourself music scene as a young person, I noticed something. A seven-inch vinyl recorded by young people in their basements that sold a few thousand copies had more of a cultural impact than some pop music packaged and marketed for mass consumption. Can anyone

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5 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell
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Opinion

All the president’s white men: A call for honesty in the electability debate

Language is powerful, and opinion makers know it. Case in point: the way pundits use supposedly value-neutral words like “electability” and “viability” to handicap our Democratic presidential primary candidates. They have become buzzwords of the moment, thrown around to establish legitimacy and enforce inevitability. But what do pundits, insiders, and

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4 Min
By: Maurice Mitchell

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