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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Exclusive: Greece's Former President of Parliament On Why Syriza Party Broke Its Pledge to the People
“They are trying to bury us – but they forget when you bury a seed it is only going to flourish,” says Zoe Konstantopoulou, the former President of Greek Parliament.
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Justice for Sale: How Rich Corporations Get Away with Murder
As we saw with the unequal punishments handed down to Peanut Corporation of America and General Motors, the wealthiest corporations – like individuals – can buy their way out of the rule of law.
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Bank Crimes Pay: Under the Thumb of the Global Financial Mafiocracy
The world's big, most law-breaking banks don't simply act as a cartel in terms of the criminal activities they engage in – but form a network of global corporate control that reaches into every corner of our lives.
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WTO Ruling on Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Illustrates Supremacy of Trade Agreements
The long-running dispute between Mexico and the U.S. over tuna reveals how domestic laws can be overturned by trade agreements: when countries file trade challenges on behalf of their domestic industries.
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Britain Has Marginalized A Mental Health Care Crisis That Threatens To Explode
Between 2011 and 2014, more than 4,000 people deemed "fit to work" died within six weeks following their Work Capacity Assessment by the U.K. government, shocking the nation and revealing a looming crisis in mental health care.
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Hang Onto Your Wallets: Negative Interest, the War on Cash, and the $10 Trillion Bail-in
If you’re an ordinary saver with your money in the bank, you may soon be paying the bank to hold your funds rather than the reverse.
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Two Clintons. 41 years. $3 Billion.
A new investigation reveals how Bill and Hillary Clinton methodically cultivated donors over 40 years, amassing untold sums and creating a new financial blueprint for politicians in the post-Citizens United era.
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Secret Donors Fuel Democratic Political Powerhouse
Patriot Majority USA, the Democrat-backed dark money juggernaut, failed last election cycle when Republicans widened control of the Senate – and collected half of the $30 million it raised last year from five anonymous donors.
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For-Profit College Chain Forced To Forgive $102 Million In Student Loans
80,000 former students across the country will be given a reprieve.
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Does U.S. Farm Policy Have a Race Problem?
A new report says the Farm Bill caters to corporations and leaves many people of color behind.