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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Third Party Politics: Why Social and Electoral Movements Must Work Together
Social movements and electoral movements, which are imperative for nonviolent social change, should work together.
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More States Ban Toxic Chemicals As Washington Fails To Act
In state capitols from Maine to Oregon, environmental advocates are filing bills to identify and ban noxious chemicals, and industry groups are fighting back.
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A Sharing Economy Is Growing In Spain – with Tax Resistance and Economic Disobedience
Spanish tax resisters and activists from the 15M movement have joined forces to organize a sharing economy network – and to nourish it with redirected taxes.
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Guardian and Washington Post Win Pulitzer Prize for NSA Revelations
The newspapers were awarded the highest accolade in U.S. journalism for their groundbreaking articles on the NSA’s surveillance activities based on the leaks of Edward Snowden.
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Grassroots Group Closed Two Chicago Coal Plants — and Is Now Going for Second Act
We have a chance to make our voices loudly heard regarding the safety hazards of opening a new dirty, metal-shredding facility in our community.
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Volunteer Army: How India's Citizens Turned the Tide To Win The War On Polio
India has officially won the war against polio, marking the finest example of what strong political will combined with a citizenry determined to protect its children can achieve.
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As Parents Struggle to Repay Children's College Loans, Taxpayers Also Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
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The Tipping Point: "How to Oust A Congressman" This Election Season
If you can’t overthrow the government overnight, you might try to unseat a Congressman burdened with an atrocious voting record, something Carl Gibson shows us step-by-step how to do in his new book.
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New Postal Union Alliance Forms to Defend U.S. Post Office Services
Finally, four major craft unions are banding together to fight to preserve the postal service.
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Putting Life Before Debt: The Global Rise of Citizen Debt Audits
The recent Life Before Debt conference in London showed not only how the rule of debt is being contested around the world, but the economic and real-life necessity for doing so.
