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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Thirst For Justice: A Small Business Homeowner Fights Wells Fargo Over Foreclosure Fraud
"It’s staggering that our justice system has so failed the American people on every level – homeowners and families are being stripped of their only investment, the one most important thing, literally the place you live."
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Material Responsibility: What the Banks Did To Baltimore
Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank and Deutsche Bank manipulated “interest rates on hundreds of trillions of dollars’ worth of loans and investments” purportedly used to fund Baltimore and other cities.
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It's Official: Living Standards Have Dropped In Britain. So Who Will Voters Elect?
According to a recent Trades Union Congress report, the Tory-led government not only failed to deliver promises to raise living standards – but is instead directly to blame for the decline of those living standards.
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Outing the 1% That Bankroll British Politics
Britain’s multiple crises can be traced to big political donations and corporate ties to the U.K. government. On the eve of the country’s General Election, Occupy.com examines how the 1% have gained from investing in politics.
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On Eve of U.K. Elections, A Housing Crisis With No End In Sight
The coalition government has radically slashed spending on social housing.
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The World Has Reached Peak Plutocracy
A few years ago there was considerable debate about “peak oil," but now we may be reaching a more dangerous point: peak plutocracy, where society and the environment can sustain no more concentration of power and resources.
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2,000 Organizations Are Opposing Fast Track Authority for TPP
An unprecedentedly united movement escalated their campaign to defeat Fast Track trade authority with a joint letter urging Congress to oppose it.
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How U.S. Cities Are Fighting Back Against the TPP and Fast Track
While lawmakers are pushing full steam ahead, city officials are making their own concerns about the legislation crystal clear.
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Following Student Debt Revolt, For-Profit Corinthian Colleges Closes the Doors
It was “not a school chain but a fraud factory, propped up by the Department of Education and taxpayer money for far too long,” wrote a group of Corinthian students waging a debt strike and refusing to pay their loans.
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Why Are City and State Worker Pensions Paying Billions In Fees To Wall Street?
Public officials are overseeing this massive payout to Wall Street at the very moment many of those same officials are demanding big cuts to retirees’ promised pension benefits.
