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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"End Medical Debt" Points A Way Out Of $1 Trillion National Emergency
Personal medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., and a definitive new book shows why this crisis can no longer be ignored.
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Rebel Cities 21: In India, Can People Win 'Rights to the Megacity'?
"Rights to the City" are useful for challenging authorities and elites as they attempt to prescribe solutions for sprawling urban areas of poverty. As New Delhi and Mumbai expand, those rights are more important than ever.
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What States Can Do to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Through Tax Policy
State governments have an opportunity to act to close the loopholes that hide and protect the wealth of the top 1%, remedy the impact of the new federal tax law, and make critical investments in communities.
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‘We Should Be Outraged’: Alabama Congresswoman Tackles Voter Suppression
Terri Sewell’s bill, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, is a first step to defending minority voters from attempts to block the ballot box.
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Celebrating Black History Month Without the President
Any U.S. president, among other things, needs to be able to speak to diverse cultures and work towards rapprochement with a black population that has historically felt discriminated against.
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Investors Join Calls for a Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change
An influential group of investors has added its voice to a growing chorus of health professionals and scientists who are calling for radical changes to agriculture and food consumption in an effort to fight climate change, malnutrition and obesity.
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Trump Stings the Bees, Lifting Ban on Fatal Pesticides and GMOs In Nature Refuges
By reversing an Obama-era policy, the Trump administration has put more than 50 wildlife refuges across the U.S. covering a total of 150 million acres under threat from GMO crops and deadly pesticides.
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Andrew Yang: The 2020 Candidate Warning of the Rise of Robots
The entrepreneur says Trump won the 2016 election because the U.S. automated away jobs – so he wants to become president to do something about it.
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Environmental Defender Murdered in Mexico Days Before Vote on Pipeline Project
Samir Flores Soberanes had challenged the words of government representatives at a forum about the construction of a gas pipeline and two thermoelectric plants, a day before his murder.
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Field Notes: Why Pete Buttigieg May Be the Future of Progressivism
The 37-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is a graduate of Harvard, a Rhodes Scholar, a former Naval Intelligence officer and the first openly gay person to seek a major party’s presidential nomination.
