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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Battling India's Monsanto Protection Act, Farmers Demand End to GMO
On August 8, thousands of farmers and activists from across 20 Indian states demonstrated in New Delhi against the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, and demanded an end to GMOs in India.
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The Case for $15 and a Union for Low Wage Workers
It would be a good business decision for McDonald's and all the other leading fast-food chains to announce that they're doubling workers' pay, because those workers make it possible for such restaurants to remain profitable and successful.
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Searching for the Truth About California's Prison Hunger Strike
With one prisoner dead and hundreds more continuing to strike, advocates and officials disagree about almost everything.
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Foreclosure Fraud Revealed: Your Mortgage Documents Are Fake!
Amid last decade's foreclosure fraud, banks resorted to a mass fabrication of mortgage documents because they could not legally establish true ownership of the loans when trying to foreclose.
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BART Strike Gets Called Off, But Worker Concerns Are Growing
Transit workers and BART management stand tens of millions of dollars apart on a number of vital issues including pay, pension and health care. Though the governor halted the strike this week, future prospects for agreement look grim.
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Glass-Steagall Now: Because the Banks Own Washington
The original Glass Steagall created two distinct types of banks: standard commercial banks where people held checking and savings accounts, and investment banks that were free to engage in whatever risky behavior they liked.
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Exposed: IRS Is Colluding With Banks To Unfairly Target U.S. Citizens Abroad
BERLIN—Until she divulged her husband’s financial records to the IRS three years ago, Genette Eysselinck was a proud American, born on an Army base in North Carolina, and living in a small city in southern France.
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California Lawmakers Demand Federal Investigation of Offshore Fracking
With fracking off the California coast elevated as a major regional issue, lawmakers are demanding to know why the federal government is approving such operations without following legally required environmental reviews.
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America's Disappeared: The Poor and the Prison System
When you are poor you can instantly disappear into the subterranean rabbit holes of our vast jail and prison complex.
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Thousands of Protesters Descend on ALEC Convention In Chicago
A coalition of labor, community and environmental groups is making it clear that the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council isn’t welcome in the union town.
