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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A Thief Lurks in the Shadows
A colossal theft of national resources, dwarfing anything we could imagine, is taking place while no one is watching.
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2,500 March on Wall Street South
Activists from cities across the country gathered in Charlotte ahead of the Democratic National Convention to demonstrate fro jobs and justice.
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Opinion: Joining the Forces of Rebellion
Occupy’s biggest challenge, aside from bringing down the corporatocracy, is to convince the Tea Party that they’re also the 99 percent -- that the system is screwing them just as bad as it's screwing us.
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Sad But True: Corporate Crime Does Pay
The SEC could bring contempt of court charges against a raft of corporate offenders, but it doesn’t -- and financial firms on Wall Street keep reaping the profits of their criminality.
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The Numbers Are In: Tax the Rich to Pay the Deficit
Contrary to conservative arguments our ballooning deficit crisis is a result of withheld revenue, not excessive spending. These three basic tax enforcement fixes -- and a few new taxes on the wealthy -- would solve it all.
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Corporate America and the Homeless Students it Creates
With official unemployment holding steady at 9.5 percent and with the state budget cuts producing yet more tuition increases, a growing phenomenon is sweeping the nation: homeless and hungry college students.
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At the Heart of an Occupation: Freedom
At the Heart of An Occupation is photographer Stacy Lanyon’s photo journal of the people who comprise Occupy Wall Street. On July 24, she presented Freedom, in her own words.
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A Candidate Whose Platform is Justice
In a wide-ranging interview, Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson discusses, among other things, why in America "anyone who violates the law should be held accountable, no matter how wealthy, no matter their position of power or former position of power."
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Seven Blockaders Arrested in Livingston Lockdown
Tar Sands Blockade activists halted Keystone XL construction for a full day after locking themselves to a pipeline truck in Livingston, Texas.
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How Wall Street is Burning Democracy
The finance, insurance and real estate industries spend approximately $1,331 a minute on influencing our leaders. See how the worst of the worst stack up.
