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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Harvard's Lawrence Lessig Embarks on 185-Mile Trek to Battle Money in Politics
Dubbing his march "the New Hampshire rebellion," Lessig set out January 11 – the first anniversary of the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz – for a 2-week walk to highlight the role of corporate money in elections.
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Humboldt Exclusive: As Pot Money Grows, the River Runs Dry
Growing weed in Northern California isn't what it used to be. Today's use of chemicals, cultivation on industrial-sized scale and the overuse of scarce water resources means that despite pot's quasi-legalization, growers may need to rethink.
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How Europe's Social Movements Converged in Amsterdam to Plan 2014 #EUInCrisis
A strategy meeting in Amsterdam became a critical milestone for the convergence of different European social movements on the frontlines of resistance against the neoliberal E.U. austerity regime in 2014.
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Meet Comfort Friddle, the Whistleblower Behind a $320M Mortgage Fraud Settlement
The mother of three helped drive the DOJ's settlement with Home America Mortgage and its parent company for alleged fraud bilking HUD's mortgage program designed to encourage home ownership.
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How Ex-Cons Teaching "Emotional Literacy" Are Helping Reduce Youth Violence
Marvin Stancil and a cadre of once-incarcerated, formerly gang-affiliated lecturers are leading Project AWARE, a program public school educators believe may revolutionize the way schools deal with students who exhibit violent behavior.
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U.S. Economy Losing "Up to a $1 Billion a Week" After Jobless Benefits Cut
The benefits expired last week after a bipartisan budget deal on federal spending for the next two years failed to include a reauthorization of the program.
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Judge: Exxon Faces Criminal Charges For 50,000 Gallon Frack Waste Spill
A recent ruling in Pennsylvania means the eight charges against Exxon subsidiary XTO Energy – including violations of both Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law and the Solid Waste Management Act – could be felony offenses.
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General Mills Bans GMOs in Cheerios, Setting New Bar for Cereal Production
Across America the news was greeted with measured optimism as food activists praised the company's decision, saying it would help end the still-popular belief that GMOs are a viable, sustainable future solution for food production.
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Hedges: Overthrow the Speculators and Build Public Banks
We can wrest back control of our economy and our political system from corporate speculators with local movements that decentralize economic power through the creation of hundreds of publicly owned state, county and city banks.
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France's Top Court Approves 75% "Millionaire's Tax" on Employers
France's Constitutional Council gave the green light to tax companies paying annual salaries of more than a million euros, advancing President Francois Hollande's agenda to make corporations and the rich pay more.
