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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Alarm over voter purges as 17 million Americans removed from rolls in two years
US election jurisdictions with histories of egregious voter discrimination have been purging voter rolls at a rate 40% beyond the national average, according to a watchdog report released Thursday.
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BoJo and the 'Most Right-Wing Cabinet Ever' Is Poised to Heighten Britain’s Crippling Inequality
Broken Britain has met its breaker.
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Polish Climate Movement Stages First Mass Civil Disobedience Against Coal
35 climate defenders peacefully stormed the Kopalnia Tomisławice open-pit coal mine earlier this month in Poland, part of a wave of climate activism that signals a movement coming to maturity.
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A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us
The US Solar Energy Industries Association expects installations to rise by 25% in 2019 to a capacity of 13.3 gigawatts: more electricity than many countries in Africa and Europe need to keep their lights on.
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A Bus Tour Pushes For Higher Taxes on the Rich
Activists have convened a nationwide “Tax the Rich” bus tour to remind the country that the fight for fair taxation is far from over.
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Why is Monsanto Losing Lawsuits Over Roundup?
In the past year alone, three highly publicized lawsuits have resulted in courtroom losses for Monsanto surrounding its widely used pesticide Roundup, which contains cancer-causing glyphosate.
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Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Protests Turn Violent
A major anti-government march in Hong Kong descended into chaos late on Sunday, as police fired teargas on protesters and unidentified masked men attacked commuters returning from the demonstration.
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The ‘Summer Uprising’ and the Meteoric Rise of Extinction Rebellion
Hailed as heroes by those with an environmental conscience, the protestors are succeeding in driving climate change to the forefront of public awareness and piercing the bubble of denial.
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Return of the Poll Tax
Florida's anti-democratic poll tax will cost the state hundreds of thousands of voters — and hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Congress to Vote This Week on Doubling the Minimum Wage
This is the longest period the minimum wage has gone without an increase since it was enacted in the 1930s.
