"The tragedy of this nightmare that I had to live through as a teenager, the funerals I had to attend by the time I was fourteen, this wasn’t just regular neighborhood stuff." riftmag.org/interviews/ort…

"There was a massive psychological shift that happened here...Bernie Sanders won this district that I’m running in decisively. He won Orange County too, but he won this district by nearly 50%, and he was publicly a Democratic Socialist." riftmag.org/interviews/ort…

"We think the record of the incumbent is really enough for us to give him a run for his money...he’s got the classic right-wing Dem record. The guy endorsed Republicans for county sheriff, for different city council seats...he takes money from Big Pharma." riftmag.org/interviews/ort…

"There’s already this hunger, desire and appetite within the state to have attention on behavioral healthcare. And I think because of my 12 years as a psych nurse, I have a different kind of understanding." riftmag.org/interviews/thi…

"Here in Alameda county, where I’m running, we’re home to the most 5150s per capita in the state. Our county jail is about to go into receivership because the Department of Justice cited them for not providing behavioral healthcare..." riftmag.org/interviews/thi…

"Because we have such a concentration of wealth in the corporate elite, they don’t care what letter is on your ballot. All they care about is making sure that policy is written, or policy dies if it doesn’t benefit their corporate profits." riftmag.org/interviews/thi…

"I think there are enough of us that have been angered and excited and want to see something different...if we can flood this democratic supermajority, and make it into a real, progressive, action-oriented supermajority, then we can have these policies." riftmag.org/interviews/thi…

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This Union Organizer and RN is Running for CA State Assembly, by Joaquin Romero for RIFT Magazine. Link: riftmag.org/interviews/thi…

We just spoke with educator, immigrant, and candidate for CA State Assembly, @fatima4assembly. Iqbal-Zubair shared how Bernie Sanders' run and her experience working as an educator in underserved communities of California inspired her run for office. riftmag.org/interviews/fat…

"What goes through my mind as an educator, as a mom, is that education should be the gateway. It should be the equalizer. It's really not. And in the richest state in the nation, why isn't it?" More from our interview w/ @fatima4assembly here:riftmag.org/interviews/fat…

"If you look at Gipson, he's the biggest corporate Democrat in the assembly, second most for corporate money in the entire Legislature. He's very tied to the corporations, to the police unions." More from our interview w/ @fatima4assembly here:riftmag.org/interviews/fat…

"I think that's the effect of the Bernie Sanders movement. I would say if you ask most candidates what inspired them, he might be in the answer. Or someone who he informs, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Rep. Ilhan Omar." More from our interview w/ @fatima4assembly here: riftmag.org/interviews/fat…

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Today, in collaboration with our partners in the OptOut App independent media network, we are publishing a critical climate statement and video addressing corporate media's fossil fuel ads and their complicity in the climate crisis: riftmag.org/articles/media…

Today, in collaboration with our partners in the OptOut App independent media network, we are publishing a critical climate statement and video addressing corporate media's fossil fuel ads and their complicity in the climate crisis: youtube.com/watch?v=XjXWdw…

"Outlets including the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post have been allies of the fossil fuel industry for decades, not only running their ads but helping to create them." riftmag.org/articles/media…

"In fact, part of the original legal push for corporate personhood in the U.S. stems from those early [The New York Times] Mobil campaigns...content that helped the company establish a friendly, responsible reputation..." riftmag.org/articles/media…