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Who’s Protecting Airbnb’s Guests from Discrimination?
The debate over Airbnb in Miami and Miami Beach is getting hotter by the day between the $30 billion short-term rental company and city...
Mike Lux
Mar 15, 20173 min read
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The False Debate About The Future Of The Democratic Party: Time To End Either/Or Politics
When a political party loses a big election (especially an election they clearly should have won), and finds itself out of power at every...
Mike Lux
Feb 11, 20175 min read
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Resistance is Beautiful. It's Necessary. And It's Not Enough
The grassroots-led resistance is the most heartening and hopeful thing I have ever seen in my 40 years in politics. Fueled not by...
Mike Lux
Jan 29, 20175 min read
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Darkest Before The Dawn
I have been thinking a lot about the song Pete Seeger wrote in 1969 called “Quite Early Morning” where he sings, “You know it’s darkest...
Mike Lux
Dec 13, 20167 min read
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Human Rights Day: Will Trump’s Administration Side With The Dictators?
It is Human Rights Day today, and with Donald Trump about to become our next president, we have to wonder whether the Trump...
Mike Lux
Dec 10, 20162 min read
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The Years Of Living Dangerously
I have held off posting anything publicly on the election because with an event which combines this level of surprise with this traumatic...
Mike Lux
Nov 14, 201611 min read
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PRESS RELEASE: AFV DEMANDS TRANSPARENCY ON AIRBNB TAX AGREEMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Media Contact: American Family Voices Lauren Windsor lauren@americanfamilyvoices.org (202) 393-4352 AMERICAN FAMILY VOICES DEMANDS...
AFV Administrator
Sep 29, 20163 min read
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“Moral Sewage”: Trump The Opposite Of Christianity
It wasn’t me who called Donald Trump’s campaign “reality television moral sewage.” The person who said that was none other than Russell...
Mike Lux
Aug 12, 20164 min read
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2 Candidates, 3 Scenarios for the Next 4 Years
As we look to the 2016 presidential election, we need to understand that while we only have two candidates who might be president, we...
Mike Lux
Jul 11, 20165 min read
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Democratic Unity in the Age of Trump and Terror
We live in troubling, sometimes terrifying, times. The number of mass shootings this country has experienced in recent years has been...
Mike Lux
Jun 6, 20165 min read
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What Mom Taught Me
My mom passed away in March, and I’ve been missing her a great deal. She wasn’t just my mom: she was my hero and my role model. I have...
Mike Lux
May 6, 20162 min read
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Inversion: Viagra For Tax Dodgers
Today, in honor of Tax Day and to highlight corporate inversions and other tax-dodging schemes, American Family Voices, Americans for Tax...
Mike Lux
Apr 18, 20162 min read
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Castro Controversey: Why Aren't All the Defenders Defending Him on the Substance?
In 2008, the massive housing bubble collapsed due to Wall Street’s manipulating of markets and government, as well as a whole lot of...
Mike Lux
Apr 15, 20165 min read
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The Panama Papers Are the Tip of the Iceberg: Cracking Down on Wealthy Cheaters
As you might be expecting from the headline, I am going to be talking about the Panama papers in this article, but the Panama papers...
Mike Lux
Apr 11, 20165 min read
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Human Rights Abuses Arriving at Boston Logan, Courtesy of Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways began daily service from Boston last week, and its arrival brings some pretty heavy baggage. The “luxury” airline is owned...
Mike Lux
Mar 21, 20162 min read
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Charles Koch's Bernie BS
Charles Koch gets my award for the single most audacious, ridiculous and unintentionally funny op-ed I have read this year — and maybe...
Mike Lux
Mar 7, 20164 min read
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Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree: A New Record For DC Cynicism?
Every year, corporate lobbyists look for must-pass budget bills to attach riders to that help pad their companies’ profits with specially...
Mike Lux
Dec 1, 20153 min read
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The New Airbnb-Landlord Connection
Libertarian technology enthusiasts get very excited about the idea of apps and other new tech ideas disrupting existing markets and...
Mike Lux
Oct 27, 20154 min read
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Business and Progressives Allied: Politics and Pocketbooks
My organization, American Family Voices, hosted a summit in D.C. on Friday between forward-thinking business leaders and top leaders of...
Mike Lux
Oct 6, 20155 min read
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A Bold New Agenda Bubbling Up From The Grassroots
The media remains obsessed with Donald Trump and whom he will insult next, about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails (why does the media get...
Mike Lux
Sep 25, 20153 min read
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