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Greece At Ground Zero: Sharp Tax Hikes and Wage Cuts Fuel New Sense of Desperation
One year after Syriza took over the reins of government, four in 10 Greeks find themselves struggling to pay their mortgage, rent or bills.
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In Election Year of Anger, VotePact.Org Offers Cooperative Subversion
There’s something to be said for the radical conversational potential of reaching across the aisle and inviting political opponents to bust the system together.
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Texas Is Full of Hot Air. For Clean Energy, That's a Good Thing
Installation of wind turbines is already a multi-billion dollar industry in Texas, driven in part by federal and state subsidies through tax credits that have created thousands of construction jobs.
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Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
Surprise, surprise.
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How One Groundbreaking Set of Rules is Changing the Food in L.A. Schools and the System Behind It
The Good Food Purchasing Policy specifies that everything the students in L.A. Unified School District eat must be local, sustainable, humane, fair, and healthy — and it’s becoming a model for the nation.
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No Confidence Vote At U of Wisconsin Reveals An Education System In Crisis
Just as Gov. Scott Walker’s Act 10 dismantled the security and stability of union protection in K-12 education, recent tenure changes threaten a fair hiring and firing process in the University of Wisconsin System.
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From The Ashes Of Bernie Sanders's Campaign Rises An Army Of Candidates
From deep blue California and New York to deep red Utah and Nebraska, Bernie supporters are answering his call by running for local office.
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Does the Brexit Signal the End of the United Kingdom?
Scotland was told in 2014 that a vote for British unity was the only way to stay in the E.U. Now, the opposite is true, and along with Northern Ireland's growing call for independence, the fragmentation of the U.K. appears to have begun.
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Berlin Becomes Latest City To Divest From Fossil Fuels
The new investment policy forces the city’s pension fund, worth $850 million, to divest from shares of European oil giants.
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Gun Restrictions Now! Why "91%" Is a Film For Our Time
Powerful almost by default, and handled with a clear mission at hand and an eye for empathy, "91%" is a call to activist arms.