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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Facts That Privileged Americans Don’t Want Us To Know
The following facts should have been reported by the mainstream media, but unfortunately most of that media is controlled by the very people who have reason to hide the facts.
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#GivingTuesday: Support Independent News & Media
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State of Emergency: Where the Healthcare and Migrant Crises Overlap
Amid the ongoing crisis over immigration – like the violent scenes taking place right now at the Tijuana border – immigrants in the U.S. often fail to receive the basic medical attention they need.
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Can the Blue Wave Deliver a Green New Deal?
The base is demanding a bold plan from the newly empowered Democrats – and the planet is crying out for it. But can they deliver?
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Baltimore Becomes First Major U.S. City to Ban Water Privatization
The global movement to stop privatization deals and expand public ownership just scored a huge victory in Baltimore, as residents voted overwhelmingly to ban putting their water in private hands.
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Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measures Went Undefeated In 2018
As of a late vote count last week, Utah narrowly became the fourth state this fall – after Michigan, Utah and Missouri – to pass a ballot measure ending unfair gerrymandering.
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Paris French 'Gilets Jaunes' Protests Turn Violent on the Streets of Paris
Thousands of demonstrators from all over France – known now as the yellow jacket movement – massed on the Champs Elysees on Saturday to protest a recent fuel tax.
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On Strike! Amazon Workers Walk Out In Germany, Spain, Italy and The U.K.
Workers were seeking higher pay and safer, more humane working conditions in the continent-wide Black Friday action.
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Helping Women Kick Ass: An Interview with the “Meanest Woman Alive”
“Women need to understand that we have the superior emotional intelligence, and we can harness our unique feminine advantages to advance our careers,” says author Linda Smith.
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Lack of Media Attention To Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
According to the Urban Indian Health Institute, more than 500 indigenous women and girls have gone missing or have been murdered across 71 U.S. cities with almost no media coverage.
