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.
Advocacy & Reforms
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Compost or Pay: Seattle Passes Law Enforcing Food Waste Management
The city council voted Monday to fine residents and businesses who don’t properly separate food waste from their garbage – with a goal of recycling 60% of the city's organic matter by next year.
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Five Ways Occupy Wall Street Is Making Inroads Across America
From defending homeowners against unlawful foreclosure to opposing skyrocketing student debt and bolstering the low wage workers movement, seeds planted by Occupy continue to spread and grow.
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As Tennessee Law Offers Free College Tuition, Other States Prepare to Follow
A new bill provides two years of tuition at a community college for participating high school grads who might otherwise face a 7.5 percent unemployment rate – and other states are already following suit.
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Occupy Group Strike Debt Buys and Abolishes $4 Million in Everest College Student Loans
The Rolling Jubilee group that grew out of Occupy Wall Street has purchased and eliminated a portfolio of private student loans worth millions at Corinthian Colleges in California.
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An Australian's Call to Action: Reclaim the Climate Movement
This weekend I won’t be marching for the climate, but I won’t be sitting around doing nothing either – I’ll be at the sixth annual Australian Climate Action Summit in Queensland delivering some inconvenient truths.
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Activists Unveil Plan to Turn Los Angeles into Sharing Mecca with Time Banks
The Arroyo Sustainable Economies Organization has release a bold blueprint to turn notoriously unequal and sprawling Los Angeles into a community-oriented, resource-sharing city for all.
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Why Yes for Scotland Means Yes For Earth's Renewable Energy Transition
Shifting toward community-based renewable power is a strong thread running through Scotland's Radical Independence Campaign, and a free Scotland could inspire other countries to relinquish their fossil fuel addiction.
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Need Land, Will Farm: Young Americans Reclaim Soil to Grow Food Sustainably
78 percent of beginning farmers polled by the National Young Farmers Coalition list lack of capital as the biggest challenge they face when trying to start up their own farm.
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As Scotland Vote Nears, Fragmentation and Sharp Disunity In A U.K. That Isn't So United
Britain’s political system is broken to the point where many people in Northern England actually want to join Scotland to escape austerity measures.
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Netflix, Reddit, Kickstarter Join Sept. 10 Internet Slowdown for Net Neutrality
On Wednesday, top U.S. startups along with Internet activist organizations will add widgets to their sites that display the dreaded "loading" wheel one might see when trying to watch a video over a slow connection.
