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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For Economic Justice, Is It Time for Time Exchange?
Our Village Life’s exchange system lets people purchase and trade goods and services for time as well as money.
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Public Banks Could Break the Impasse Over Marijuana Money
Because marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug, private banks are effectively prohibited from fully participating in this market.
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Escalating the War on Low-Income Families
It may not improve much next year, if House Republicans have their way.
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The Justice Department Says it Will Stop Using Private Prisons
"They do not maintain the same level of safety and security,” the Deputy Attorney General says.
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As Flint Water Crisis "Emergency" Ends, Bigger Heads Need to Roll
This week, the "emergency" is officially over following the Flint Water Crisis – but the architects of the disaster have yet to be held to account, and residents won't rest until justice is served.
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2020 Vision: Four Steps to Get There
People with money and power are still appalled by the notion of a popular democracy. But something is different now, as the American majority are better able to communicate and unify in pursuit of a progressive nation.
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UC Davis chancellor resigns after [Occupy] pepper-spray scandal
Following the 2011 Occupy Wall Street incident that went viral, the university spent at least $175,000 on consultants to try to remove “venomous” references on the Internet and improve the chancellor's reputation.
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These 3 Southern Senate Races Might Not Be a Lock for the Republican Ticket
Amid the sound and the fury of Trump v. Clinton, less attention has been paid this election cycle to the U.S. Senate, where results in Louisiana, Florida and North Carolina could shift the balance.
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Not Just Skin Deep: Europe Reflects On America's Gun and Race Violence Epidemic
Race-related tensions have always coincided with economic recessions. But are we today facing a crisis point of open-ended, pointless violence – or is this simply a preamble to a truly nightmarish century?
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The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
