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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You Can’t Be Serious: Debunking The Dangerous Arguments Against Dodd-Frank
Dodd-Frank, however imperfect, isn’t just about protecting average folks from reckless, predatory finance. It’s also about protecting Big Finance from itself.
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What Exxon Mobil Didn’t Say About Climate Change
Even while Exxon Mobil scientists were contributing to climate science and writing reports that explained it to their bosses, the company was paying for advertisements that told a very different tale.
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One of the Biggest Criticisms Against Wind and Solar Energy has Been Quashed
A new analysis shows that the fossil fuels not burnt because of wind and solar energy helped avoid between 3,000 and 12,700 premature deaths in the U.S. between 2007 and 2015 – saving the country between $35 billion and $220 billion.
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Coal Mining Health Study Is Halted by Interior Department
“Stopping this study is a ploy to stop science in its tracks and keep the public in the dark about health risks as a favor to the mining industry, pure and simple,” said Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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The Absurdity of Corporate Tax Cuts During the Corporate Pillaging of the Middle Class
Last year, fifteen of the largest corporations in America, with combined revenue well over $1 trillion dollars, paid less than 6 percent in U.S. federal income taxes. But mainstream media opinion editors don’t appear to have the courage to speak up.
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Secret Service Director Says Agency Running Out of Money Protecting Trump
Secret service agents are resigning and others might have to go without pay after more than 1,000 agents protecting the Trump family – 42 in all, compared with 31 under Obama – hit salary and overtime caps.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Get Me Roger Stone" Unveils the Man Who Made Trump
The new Netflix documentary isn’t just a biopic on the political strategist and self proclaimed “agent provocateur” Roger Stone – it's a blueprint of sinister, cutthroat realpolitik and its execution throughout the dirtiest presidential campaign in recent memory.
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This is Sinclair, "The Most Dangerous US Company You've Never Heard Of"
Sinclair is the largest broadcast company in America. But its partisan politics – and connections to the White House – are raising serious concerns.
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Google's Casualties: Is There A Corporate-State Conspiracy To Censor Progressive Websites?
The upgrade to Google’s search algorithm has resulted in a steep reduction in traffic to various socialist, progressive and anti-war web sites like Democracy Now!, Common Dreams, Wikileaks, Truth-Out and The Intercept.
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The 1% Is Organized and Coming for Its Tax Cuts. Is the Resistance Ready?
New details emerge of Republicans' effort to ensure that their bid to rewrite the tax code doesn't suffer the same fate as healthcare.
