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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California's Fracking Gone Wrong, Part 3: In Monterrey, Residents Are Resisting
For Riley Jacobsen, who lives over the Monterrey shale deposit, fracking is personal.
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Depositors Beware: Bail-In Is Now Official E.U. Policy
E.U. ministers recently agreed on a plan that shifts the responsibility for bank losses from governments to bank investors, creditors and uninsured depositors. What might this mean if it happened in America as well?
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The Crime of Alleviating Poverty: A Community Currency Battles the Central Bank of Kenya
A new community currency called Bangla-Pesa, which was started in one of Kenya's poorest slums to help reduce poverty, has run up against fierce government resistance.
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Global Power Project, Part 4: Banking on Influence with JPMorgan Chase
In the midst of the financial crisis in 2008, JPMorgan Chase became not only a major criminal, but also a prime beneficiary of people's suffering.
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Investigation: Tar Sands, ALEC and the Obstruction of Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
The American Legislative Exchange Council recently adopted a “model” bill from an oil-industry lobby group that would limit states' ability to negotiate “low-carbon fuel standards” designed to reduce the carbon output of transport fuels.
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In Week of Major Supreme Court Rulings, Remember: Most of Our Justices Are Millionaires
At least five and perhaps as many as eight of the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court are millionaires according to recently released financial disclosures, and only two hold any consumer debt.
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Voting Rights Act, Section 4, Struck Down By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act Tuesday, altering the landmark civil rights law that designates federal oversight of voting rights in Southern states.
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Global Power Project, Part 3: The Influence of Individuals and Family Dynasties
Dynastic power, like class power, does not function as a conspiracy but rather as a network of institutions, corporations, banks, think tanks and foundations with indirect political influence.
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The Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis
It's long been suspected that ratings agencies like Moody's and Standard & Poor's helped trigger the meltdown. A new trove of embarrassing documents shows how they did it.
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5 Demands in Brazil: A Million Marchers Across Country Say "It's Not About 20 Cents"
Last week’s violent police crackdown on the mostly peaceful bus fare protests appears to have opened Pandora’s Box, allowing a wide range of long-repressed grievances to come pouring out.
