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Leah C. Stokes

Leah C. Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short Circuiting Policy, a contributor to the essay collection All We Can Save, and co-host of the podcast “A Matter of Degrees.”

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Only a bold approach that centers politics can meet the scale of the climate crisis.

Matto Mildenberger, Leah C. Stokes

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