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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Dashing Toward Oligarchy, Government Is Now a Protection Racket For the 1%
A new report shows that top C.E.O.'s were paid 331 times more than the average U.S. worker in 2013, and the poorest fifth of Americans paid twice the average tax rate as the richest 1%.
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Krugman: What the 1% Doesn't Want You to Know
The Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman explains how the U.S. is becoming an oligarchy.
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Film: "Real Change", the less visible side of homelessness.
Life in tent encampments, vehicles, motels, and storage units - REAL CHANGE focuses on four men who sell Real Change News, a street newspaper in Seattle. Follow ROBERT, GEORGE, DANIEL, and BUDDY as they navigate the less visible side of homelessness in America. Despite their struggles, they persevere. Each sells newspapers to get by.
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Failed Keystone XL Ads: Hard to Sell The Pipeline When You're Telling the Truth
Big Oil spends a lot of time and money marketing the Keystone XL pipeline, but as we can see from this never-before-seen footage, it’s hard to sell Keystone when your actor can’t help but tell the truth.
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Cesar Chavez Comes to Life In Film About California's Heroic Labor Leader
Mexican actor-turned-director Diego Luna has made the heroic labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez the subject of a new film.
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Maine Students and Faculty Occupy College Campus To Fight Cuts
University of Southern Maine student Meagan LaSala and economics professor Rachel Bouvier explain how cuts disproportionately target faculty and will trigger a decline in quality public education.
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Protesters Occupy Taiwan Government Headquarters to Oppose China Trade Pact
Hundreds of demonstrators occupied part of Taiwan's government headquarters Sunday night in protest against a controversial trade pact with mainland China.
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Stepping Forward, American Scientists Warn of “Irreversible Changes” from Climate
The world is at growing risk of abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes because of a warming climate, America’s premier scientific society warned.
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"Not In Our Name": Australians March for Justice
Australians gathered at marches and rallies around the country to protest government decisions against the common good of the nation.
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Pussy Riot Joins the Cause of Wisconsin's Solidarity Singers
The solidarity singers who gather daily at the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison have a pair of surprise guest musicians joining their chorus — Pussy Riot.
