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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Former S.Carolina Police Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Is Indicted for Murder, Faces 30 to Life
A video of the April 4 shooting showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times as 50-year-old Walter Scott ran away.
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The Democratic Party Needs A Swift Kick In the Ass
Grassroots movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street can make powerful statements by running their own candidates and mobilizing their members to vote in Democratic primary elections against entrenched incumbents.
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Police at the Freddie Gray Protest in Austin Proved Just How Much They Love Pepper Spray
An unexpected use of chemical weapons by officers in the Texas capital has a police accountability expert questioning their training.
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Why Countries Across the World Are Revoking Freedom Of Assembly
Faced with mounting unrest and unwilling to offer reforms, democratic governments are rolling back traditional rights at an alarming rate. How many rights must be abrogated before a democracy becomes a police state?
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Rise of the New Black Radicals
The almost daily murders of young black men and women by police in the United States have given birth to a new young black militant.
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As Low Wage Workers Take the Streets, A Unifying Coalition Takes Hold
Activists fighting for civil rights, gay rights, and a living wage are building the kinds of ties across their movements that can help each one achieve the goals around which their movements organized in the first place.
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Fight for 15 on 4/15: Low Wage Workers Prepare for Biggest Ever Nationwide Protests
In the wave of actions demanding higher wages on April 15, organizers say more than 60,000 people will join strikes and protests in 200 cities nationwide – with support actions in dozens of other countries.
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This is Not a Democracy: How the 1 Percent Rigged the Game
Money is speech and dollars have more influence than people. It's time to be honest about the plutocracy we live in.
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Protests Erupt In Wisconsin Over Fatal Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Teen
Close to 2,000 students marched in Wisconsin's capital on Monday to protest the fatal police shooting of an unarmed biracial teenager, while his family demanded justice and the police chief apologized.
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Tens of Thousands March on Selma As Attorney General Declares Voting Rights Act "Under Siege"
Speaking Sunday in Selma, AG Eric Holder said hard-won protections for African Americans are under threat – and that the Civil Rights Movement's work is not done as long as racial barriers remain at U.S. voting booths.
