The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-Control Central Banks Are On a Corporate Spending Spree
As a way of compensating for loss of bond income due to record-low interest rates, central banks have become some of the world’s largest stock investors – a rather alarming development.
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Scholar Behind Viral "Oligarchy" Study Tells Us What It Means
Contrary to what decades of political science research might lead you to believe, ordinary U.S. citizens have virtually no influence over what their government does.
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The 50 Companies That Rule the 50 States
This map, designed by telecommunications firm Broadview Networks, reveals the largest companies in each U.S. state based on revenue.
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WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Global Trade Deal for Corporations to Operate with Impunity
The Trade in Services Agreement would make it easier for transnational corporations to make huge profits without complying with national laws.
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Absurd Record Costs Of London Commercial Real Estate Reflects Widened Wealth Gap
As office buildings surpass the height of the property boom prices in 2007, London’s extreme commercial property costs are representative of today's outrageous levels of wealth and expenditures.
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Tax Them, Tax Them, Tax Them: 5 Extreme Acts of Greed Harming America
If a revolution is to take place, Americans – especially young Americans – need to know the facts, and they need to know how they're getting cheated, and they need to get angry.
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Noam Chomsky on Human Extinction: The Corporate Elite are Actively Courting Disaster
Climate change poses an imminent threat to human life, said political philosopher Noam Chomsky – and humans are drawing their own doom ever closer.
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Vikings Invade British Museum As Activists Challenge Big Oil’s Propaganda Machine
The key message coming from artist insurgent protests like this one is the way London has made itself a pivotal global player enabling – and greenwashing – the devastating impacts of the fossil fuel industry.
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Another French Economist Cracks the Nut – Revealing True Costs of Tax Evasion
By analyzing data from central banks in Switzerland and Luxembourg, Gabriel Zucman has put creditable numbers on tax evasion, showing that it’s rampant – and a major driver of wealth inequality.
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City of Miami Sues JPMorgan Chase for Mortgage Discrimination
The lawsuit says the country's largest bank engaged in a continuous practice of discriminatory mortgage lending since at least 2004, violating the U.S. Fair Housing Act.
