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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Behind Comey’s Firing: An enraged Trump, Fuming About Russia
The president deliberated for more than a week before ousting the FBI chief who was investigating Trump associates.
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Anti-Protest Bills Would "Attack Right To Speak Out" Under Donald Trump
The ACLU says more than 30 bills have been introduced amid a huge swell of activism, prompting UN intervention over the criminalization of peaceful protest.
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Reign of Idiots
The Roman, Mayan, French, Habsburg, Ottoman, Romanov, Wilhelmine, Pahlavi and Soviet dynasties crumbled because the whims and obsessions of ruling idiots were law. Donald Trump is the face of our collective idiocy.
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Part II: 34 Ways America’s Legal System Hurts the Poor
The German playwright Bertolt Brecht said many things about the law as it relates to capitalism. His most memorable quote: “The law was made for one thing alone," he wrote, "for the exploitation of those who don't understand it.”
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How the Government Is Turning Protesters Into Felons
Lost between the tumult of Inauguration Day and the spectacle of the Women's March was the arrest of 214 protesters – who are now facing felony charges and 10 years in prison.
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How a Private Prison Company Used Detained Immigrants for Free Labor
The private prison company GEO Group forced more than 50,000 immigrants to work without pay or for $1 a day since 2004, according to a lawsuit that nine detainees brought against the company.
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NYPD Officers Accessed Black Lives Matter Activists' Texts, Documents Show
Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal details of how police posed as protesters amid unrest following the death of Eric Garner.
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UN: Americans’ Right to Protest Is In Grave Danger Under Trump
At least 19 U.S. states have introduced bills that attack the right to protest since Donald Trump's election as president – an "alarming and undemocratic" trend, UN human rights investigators said.
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Why FBI Can't Tell All On Trump, Russia
The FBI apparently knew that prior to Election Day, Trump and his campaign had personal and business dealings with individuals and entities linked to criminal elements—including reputed Russian gangsters—connected to Putin.
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Republicans Just Voted to Let Internet Service Providers Sell Your Browsing History
Advertisers will be able to track your habits without you even knowing.