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Cruel Optimism: Affect Theory and the Structure of Feeling

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The Importance of Compassion in Union Organization

Sally Kohn: I have this deepening sense of despair going about my normal life, like driving my car to pick up my kids. She says fossil fuel industry is trying to shift the burden away from their industry onto individual sort of consumers. "I think it's really hard to pay any attention and not feel that kind of fear and despair," she says. The author lives in greater Boston area; her husband works for a public sector union.

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