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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Lawmakers From Both Parties Move to Ban Fracking in Florida
The bill would place a permanent ban on "advanced well stimulation techniques" for producing oil and gas, including fracking and acidizing, across the state.
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A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All
America's left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund higher education for all.
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DREAMers wrestle with being used as “hostages” in immigration debate
The status quo is unbearable. So is the guilt of selling other immigrants out.
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A Powerful Economic Justice Movement Is Brewing, Even in This Dark Time
Today’s dire threats to our democracy did not arise out of nowhere.
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American Democracy Is Failing. The Courts are Finally Starting to Notice.
There is something profoundly wrong with the United States of America’s system of government.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down State's Congressional Map, Saying It Illegally Benefits GOP
The court, which found that Republicans consistently received a 13-5 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation since 2012, blocked the use of the map in the 2018 midterm elections and ordered state lawmakers to begin to draw a new map.
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Watch These 5 Political Organizations Rising to Power in 2018
A comeuppance is coming, and coming fast.
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Student Debt Slavery, Part II: Time to Level the Playing Field
Proposed federal changes will make it harder, not easier, for students to escape their debts, including wiping out some existing income-based repayment plans and harsher terms for graduate student loans. It's time to change that.
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In Fight for Internet Freedom, Community Broadband Is Comcast's Achilles Heel
In cities and communities with a municipal broadband utility, local government provides internet access to all citizens, treating it as a public utility that is city-owned and city-operated – much like electricity, water and garbage pick-up.
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New York City Plans to Divest $5 Billion from Fossil Fuels and Sue Oil Companies
Mayor Bill de Blasio said "it’s up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient."
