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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An Exit Strategy from Two-Party Rule
The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is a battle between the corporate state and us.
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Greed is Destroying the World
The refusal to do anything about climate change, the attempts by the .01% to destroy our democracy, the constant robbing of the poor, the resultant starving children, the war against most of what is beautiful on this Earth: You can blame it all on greed.
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We Are the United States of Big Oil
The world's five biggest oil companies made over $60 billion in the first half of this year, and hundreds of millions of that goes right back into undermining clean energy investment.
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Another Way Student Loans Are Like Mortgages: Subpar Servicing
Companies handling loan payments for mortgages and student debt have overcharged, misapplied payments, misguided consumers and reported false information to credit bureaus.
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Bank of England Admits Occupy Was Right About Recession
A Bank of England official Andrew Haldane said protesters were correct to focus on inequality as the chief reason for the 2008 economic crash.
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Snakes and Laddering: The Bear Stearns Debacle
The New York Attorney General accused Bear Stearns of "fraudulent and deceptive acts" but made no mention of criminal charges and named no individuals. Like the dotcom crash that was really a Wall Street heist, it's time for us to follow the small print.
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"Austerity" is Code For a Banking Takeover
Through "austerity," international bankers and corporations are imposing economic neo-feudalism on us all.
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Dark Money is Center Stage at Largely Ignored Debate
Unlike the mainstream presidential debates, the third party presidential debate actually tackled the role of dark money and super-PACs in American elections.
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FISA Goes to the Supreme Court
The U.S. government insists that Americans don’t have the right to challenge a law that lets the National Security Agency eavesdrop on the intimate communications of anyone in the country. But all that could change.
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Crackdown on Dissent Continues in Moscow
After being abducted in Ukraine, Russia's Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with plotting riots, making him the second Russian opposition leader to be implicated in a criminal case in recent months.
