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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Now Just Five Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population
While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. Now, on average, each of the world's richest five men own nearly as much as 750 million people.
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Amid Divestment Protests, More Cities Explore Public Banks
Supporters say public banks can enable more community-driven, character-based lending.
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Banking On Wells Fargo: Financial Russian Roulette for Suckers
If there is no respect for justice, fairness or integrity in our financial system or governance, there will be a reaction of civil unrest, more violence, civil disobedience and utter chaos.
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Database of Trump Administration Officials' Personal Finances Grows
It allows anyone to easily understand the wealth, assets and business interests of many of the people working for President Trump. These include Senate-confirmed appointees, White House aides and members of so-called “beachhead teams.”
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Greed Caused London’s Worst Fire Since WWII
The cause of the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower on Wednesday morning remains unknown, but greed and neoliberalism explain its devastation. These deaths could have been avoided if life had been put above profit.
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New Database Shows how Prosecutors Handled Corporate Crimes – And in Many Cases, Didn't
Crimes committed by corporations are often overlooked or undercovered by the news media. A new database launched last week shows how the government did, or didn’t, resolve criminal cases since 1982 with fines, prison terms or, sometimes, nothing.
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D.C. and Maryland Sue Trump Over Foreign Business Dealings
The AGs of Maryland and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Monday, accusing him of violating provisions of the Constitution intended to protect against corruption.
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Kansas Republicans End the State’s Failed Tax Reform Experiment
Gov. Sam Brownback's drastic tax cuts enacted five years ago left the state in a fiscal mess, unable to balance its budget and properly fund its public schools – and the governor's Republican colleagues in government finally had enough.
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Why Trump's So-Called Infrastructure Plan Is Good for Wall Street But Bad for America
Trump actually cuts direct federal spending on our crumbling infrastructure by nearly $145 billion over the next decade, forcing state and local governments to shoulder more of the financial burden at a time when they can least afford it.
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Connecticut Got Big Money Out of Elections – So Why Are Democrats Gutting the Program?
The Citizens’ Election Program signed into law in 2005 seriously curbed the influence of corporations and the rich on state elections – but in the last two years, CEP’s very existence has come under threat with bipartisan vigor.
