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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The Extremist Governor: What Scott Walker Doesn't Want You to Know
The punditocracy may declare Walker the “most electable” based on his plain vanilla demeanor and shortage of gaffes – but his record as Wisconsin governor makes him the most dangerous, extremist candidate on the GOP stage.
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Exxon Scientist: Oil Giant Knew 35 Years Ago About Climate Change – And Denied It Ever After
A newly discovered email from Exxon's in-house climate expert reveals the world's biggest oil company knew about climate change but spent more than $30 million on think tanks and researchers who denied its existence.
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New Path, Next System: Juliet Schor on Inequality and the Climate Crisis
We’ve got to find a new path that allows us to solve both climate and economic deprivation at the same time – and we can only do that with a whole different kind of system.
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Thomas Piketty to Angela Merkel: Austerity Has Failed
The never-ending austerity that Europe is force-feeding the Greek people is simply not working – now Greece has loudly said no more.
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Question to Lawmakers: Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Unconstitutional?
Obama and Congress need to explain how the Constitution allows the United States to submit the validity of its federal, state and local laws to "corporate tribunals" with no possibility of U.S. court review.
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Spinning Food: New Report Shows Industry Spends Billions Getting Us To Eat Unhealthy
Food industry front groups and covert communications teams sponsored are going to unprecedented lengths – and deploying an ever wider array of PR tactics – to make sure consumers keep buying unhealthy products.
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"We're In a Revolutionary Moment": Why Chris Hedges Believes the Uprising Is Coming Soon
"You rebel not only for what you can achieve, but for who you [can] become," says the author and journalist.
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Let's Talk About What Socialism Means – When the Employer and Employee Become One
Regulated private capitalism, state capitalism, socialism – these three systems are entirely different from each other, and we must understand those differences to move beyond today's dysfunctional economies.
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On Eve Of Historic Vote, I.M.F. Swings Toward Greece Calling for Debt Relief
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, said he would rather cut off his arm than accept another austerity bailout without any debt relief for the country.
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Conservatives Imperil U.K. Democracy In Quest to Kill Human Rights Act
The HRA protects the right to life, liberty, security, a fair trial, respect for private life and freedom of expression – it also bans torture, slavery and discrimination.
