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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In Battle for the Internet, Activists Are Defeating Big Cable
The Federal Communications Commission is verging on reclassifying the Internet as a common carrier – to be regulated like water and electricity – despite strong opposition from the telecom industry and their Republicans in office.
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These Fake "Title X" Bills in Congress Threaten Net Neutrality – and Must be Defeated
Why new legislation before Congress undermines the open Internet it claims to protect – and how you can sway the vote.
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Croatia Just Canceled the Debts Of Its Poorest Citizens
Some 60,000 people in the Mediterranean country will be given a "fresh start... without a burden of debt," the prime minister announced.
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As Incoming Syriza Leaders Get Down To Work, Europe's Finance Ministers Hold Their Breath
The party is expected to unveil its policy plans in Parliament this week, while meetings get underway between Greece's new regime and the finance chiefs of Britain, France and Italy.
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The College Game Plan: Liberate 41 Million Americans From Student Loan Debt
We realize that a “student debt jubilee” will cost money, but it will also stimulate economic growth by injecting more money into the economy – and that growth will provide more tax revenue for the government.
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Occupy Syriza: Economic Tremors Spread Through Europe In Aftermath of Greek Election
The victory of Greece's leftwing Syriza party is sending shockwaves through Europe’s political establishment as popular resistance to the politics of austerity builds.
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Flush It! Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Must Be Stopped – Here's How We're Doing It
There are lots of ways to plug into the movement opposing Fast Track legislation and the biggest, most damaging corporate trade agreement in history.
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Mass Surveillance Is Fundamental Threat to Human Rights, Says European Report
Europe’s top rights body says mass surveillance practices are a fundamental threat to human rights and violate the right to privacy enshrined in European law.
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Bitcoin, the Blockchain and the Decentralized Path Forward
The emerging blockchain movement can build systems that incentivize carbon reductions, make renewable energy, increase microfinance, decrease costs in remittances and education, and lower barriers to entries across industries.
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In America's Battle for the Internet, The Whole World Is Watching
The fight for net neutrality, like the fight for an open and free Internet, is a clarion call for Internet users and content creators to defend what has made the the web one of the world’s greatest enablers of social and economic progress.
