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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"Journey for Justice" From Selma to DC, Ends With Demand to Restore the Voting Rights Act
Clad in yellow shirts, hundreds of people streamed across the Arlington Memorial Bridge on September 15 and ended their nearly 1,000-mile trip at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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The New Battle In Seattle: How, Why and What the Teachers Won
The city's teachers prevailed this week because they made their strike is part of a greater struggle over the future of America’s cities and whether they will become semi-privatized playgrounds for the elites.
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How Do We 'Change Everything' Without Pitting Workers Against the Planet?
Those displaced after a “just transition” away from fossil fuels should be able to count on decent new green jobs and retraining.
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Former Black Panther Launches Urban Farm Giving Ex-Prisoners a Fresh Start
Veteran activist Elaine Brown is determined to transform a once-blighted, under-resourced neighborhood in Oakland, Calif., into a thriving urban farm business that employs former offenders.
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The Movement Lives On: 4 Years Later, Occupy Has Succeeded in Spite of Its Failures
Occupy Wall Street may not have dismantled capitalism – but it did profoundly change the way people perceived it, and how their voices can impact institutions of power all over the world.
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The Ferguson Commission Won't Bring Social Change – Black Lives Matter Will
It just got a lot harder to pretend the suffering in Ferguson, Michael Brown’s death and the explosive reaction after his shooting weren’t all about race now.
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California State Assembly Passes Digital Privacy Bill Limiting Government Surveillance
Uncertainty still remains over whether the governor will ultimately approve the bill.
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Turning Pennies Into Billion$: The Tiny Tax that Wall Street Fears
The financial transaction tax would limit the large-scale trades that economists say are now occurring far too quickly and creating the volatility that's again on display with the recent market plunge.
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University of California Divests $200 Million From Coal and Tar Sands
The UC system has sold off its endowment and pension fund holdings in coal and oil sands companies, a $200-million move that officials said Wednesday was in response to both environmental concerns and rising financial risk in those industries.
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Aligning Climate and Worker Movements, a New "Community Rights" Coalition Rises In Colorado
Seeking to boost the minimum wage, bolster environmental protections and strengthen tenants' rights, it may be the first time that the anti-fossil fuel and workers’ rights movements have allied behind a concrete political platform.
