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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In Today's America, You Die Poor
A new study shows that almost half of Americans die owning next to nothing, one-fifth die with absolutely nothing, and poor Americans are dying younger because they can't pay for medical treatment.
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Wichitans Take a Stand Against Police Shootings
Police brutality and arbitrary killings of civilians has spun out of control in Wichita, Kansas, where members of Occupy Wichita protested on Friday to demand justice for the victims.
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The Drones Are Upon Us
The age of the drones has arrived.
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Joseph Stiglitz: Inequality Undermines Prosperity
To fix the economy, we must boost demand. To do that, we have to address inequality.
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Nuns on the Run—For Justice
Defending America's hardest hit families, nuns challenge Mitt Romney to spend a day with them to learn about plight of the country's poor.
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The Next Frontier in Prison Privatization?
The fifth largest U.S. financial institution wants to invest a couple million dollars to reduce recidivism among teenage inmates at a New York prison. What's in it for the real criminals, i.e., Goldman Sachs?
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5 Ways to Break the Banks That Stole from America
We’ve marched, rallied, sat-in and thousands have been arrested, and yet bankers have remained unrepentant, unpunished, unindicted and seemingly untouchable. It's time to rebel, and here's how we do it.
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Surprise: It's Hot As Hell Outside
America's 12 northeastern states are experiencing their warmest year since record keeping started in 1895, while nationwide more than 27,000 high temperature records were broken or tied as of the weekend.
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Portland Coalition Rushes to Defend Evicted Woman's House
“Capitalists have been stealing from black and brown people for centuries. We’re taking back what was stolen from us. It’s the banks that did the stealing.”
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U.S. Rejects Key Global Warming Benchmark
Critics worldwide lashed out at the U.S. for withdrawing its support from established, base-level goals to limit global warming to below 2 degrees celsius (3.6 F).
