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.
Corporate State
Follow:
-
For the First Time, Majority of Congress is Worth $1M or More
Financial-disclosure forms show that a majority of Congress members are millionaires, and experts say there is a growing concern about the disconnect between lawmakers and average Americans.
-
Davos Report: World's 85 Richest have Same Wealth As All of Bottom 50 Percent
The world's elite have rigged laws in their own favor, undermining democracy and creating a chasm of inequality across the globe.
-
From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer
The state cannot solve its budget problems by slashing services that have already been cut to the bone or raising sales taxes that hurt the poor far more than the rich.
-
Revealed: Top U.S. Corporations Funneled $185 Million to Political Nonprofits
An analysis of company disclosures reveals a steady flow of cash from corporations to social welfare organizations and trade associations.
-
Web of Resistance: How the End of Net Neutrality Marks the Next Battle for the 99%
Net neutrality is essential for the exercise of free speech online. If access to the open Internet isn't guaranteed, freedom of speech can't be guaranteed, either.
-
How Occupy the S.E.C. has Impacted the Volcker Rule, Fueling Insitutional Support
In terms of historical comparisons, Occupy the S.E.C. reminds me of various elements of populism that the United States experienced at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
-
Now Is the Moment to Save Our Postal Commons
Because postal services, owned by the people, are part of the commons, the attack on public postal utilities amounts to an attack on the commons itself.
-
Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Document Reveals Failed Enforcement of Environmental Protections
The once seemingly invincible largest trade bill in history, covering 40% of the world’s economy, looks very much like it can be defeated. Let's put a stake in it.
-
Chris Christie and the Koch in Cahoots? Time to Subpoena the Committee for Our Children's Future
In 2012, a Koch-backed, tax-exempt "social welfare organization" called Committee for Our Children's Future, CCF, ran a series of TV ads telling America that Governor Christie had performed more miracles in New Jersey than Jesus did with loaves and fish.
-
Suppressing Science, Supporting Monsanto: An Academic Journal Retracts
Scientific journal publishing reached a low point in November, when the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology
