On Covid and climate we can achieve change – but we’re running out of time | Robert Reich

A simple breakfast with a friend presented a serious dilemma and pointed to both the need and precedent for action

On Saturday morning I met a friend for breakfast at a local diner. We weren't sure whether to sit outside because of the surging Delta variant of Covid, or inside because stinging smoke from wildfires consuming northern and western California had spread into the Bay Area.

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