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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Trump Just Got Hit With Massive $32 Million Fraud and Tax Evasion Lawsuit
A Mexican official has filed a criminal tax complaint against Donald Trump in Tijuana, Mexico, over yet another failed business venture.
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The Real Living Wage? $17.28 An Hour – At Least
In almost every state, a worker needs more than $15 an hour to make ends meet. Add in student debt, and the minimum living wage shoots up to $18.67 an hour nationally.
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Pharma Fight in California: The Next Phase in Bernie’s Revolution Has Already Begun
Proposition 61 could be a watershed moment in American health care, reforming drug-purchasing and stopping price-gouging by Big Pharma.
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Iceland, A Land of Vikings, Braces for a Pirate Party Takeover
The party that could be on the cusp of winning Iceland’s national elections on Saturday didn’t exist four years ago.
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Local Bans on Fracking Hang in the Balance in Colorado Ballot Fight
Funded largely by the oil and gas industry, Amendment 71 would put big hurdles in Colorado's relatively easy path to changing its state constitution.
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From Cleveland to Oakland to Rochester, Urban Governments Are Promoting Worker Co-ops
Since the Evergreen Cooperatives loan in 2009, nine more city governments have promoted worker co-ops through municipal projects, initiatives or policies aimed at reaching communities left out of mainstream economic development.
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Money In Politics Confronted: National Groups Spar over South Dakota Ballot Measure
Initiative to revamp campaign finance, ethics oversight in state becomes fault line for national debate.
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Confronting Crisis of Legitimacy, Scotland Could Break or Remake the European Union
To respect the democratic will of the both peoples, Scots and Northern Irish should be given the choice which union to stay in, Britain or Europe, with new referendums.
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Capitalism Killing You? Income Sharing Could Save Our Lives...
A growing number of egalitarian, income-sharing communities combine their wealth and income to create spaces where people make economic decisions cooperatively and rely on one another for security.
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Europe’s Left After Brexit
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis responds to his critics and lays out DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union.