Plenitude has made it into electoral politics! I’ve just heard from Cristina Vasquez, who is running for the North Carolina house. She is speaking about the ideas from the book, and interested in bringing them into her campaign. She shared this story with me: Democrat Cristina Vasquez focuses on middle class in run for NC House District 74. If any readers are from her area, you may want to be in touch with her as she tries to change the debate in NC.

With election season in full swing, we need to get the discourse around to serious efforts on joblessness and ecological restoration, of climate and especially now, ocean ecosystems. It’s time to demand our leaders get out of denial.