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.
Advocacy & Reforms
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How Oregon's "Pay It Forward" Bill Tackles Student Debt
Oregon's new Pay It Forward bill will delay tuition being paid by any student attending any state school until after s/he graduates and gets a job.
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Britains Remember Their Victims of Austerity
10,000 white flowers were placed on the green before the U.K. Parliament, each flower representing a person with disability who died within three months of assessment by Atos, a private British healthcare assessor.
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Economic Growth and Low Carbon Future Will Co-Exist
A report found that the key to reducing CO2 emissions while furthering growth is to harness technologies that radically decarbonize the energy sector.
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Washingtonians Fight for GMO Labeling
This November, voters in Washington State will get to decide whether or not people should have the right to know if theie food contains GMOs.
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India's Right to Information Act is Exposing Nationwide Corruption
The RTI is India’s version of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States.
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Egypt’s Atheists Struggle for Full Citizenship Rights
Proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution that extend rights to religious minorities have angered both Muslims and Christians.
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In Government Shutdown, "Nonessential" Federal Workers Are First To Go
On Tuesday, military recruiters, drug enforcement agents and National Weather Service meteorologists will be reporting for duty, while environmental engineers, food inspectors, labor statisticians and off-duty firefighters will not.
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The Path to the RealWorld™, If We Can Find It
There are two spaces: the Internet and the RealWorld™, and many perceive them as discrete, separate compartments.
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The Hidden Victims of Austerity in Greece
The crowd-sourced documentary "Into the Fire" chronicles immigrants' lives in Greece during recent years of financial and political crisis in which they've faced attacks by neo-Nazis and suffered under corrupt state law.
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How Nordic Europe Is Guarding the Commons
Nordic Everyman Rights give people in most Scandinavian and Baltic countries guaranteed access to nature's bounty, demonstrating a strong model for reclaiming the commons.
