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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Act Out! [62] - How to Fight the World's Dirtiest Energy, Corporate Coups & How the East Was Lost
This week on Act Out!, Break Free from fossil fuels, rebel against the fracking infrastructure, and glean some inspiration from our European anti-corporate coup comrades.
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Here’s How Much Corporations Paid U.S. Senators To Fast-Track the TPP Bill
As Congress hotly debates the biggest trade deal in a generation, its backers have turned on the cash spigot in the hopes of getting it passed.
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Politicians Ingore Poverty – Because Half of Congress Are Millionaires
For the first time, more than half of the members of Congress are millionaires. Maybe the country would be better off if they had some first-hand encounters with need.
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What 60 Years of Political Gerrymandering Looks Like
Redistricting is one of the biggest threats to our democracy.
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Citizens of the World, Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Data
NSA reform by the U.S. Congress overlooks the fact that the internet transcends national control. We the people must make the rules.
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The Two Centers of Unaccountable Power in America, and Their Consequences
One goes by the name of the “intelligence community” and its epicenter is the National Security Agency within the Defense Department. The second goes by the name of Wall Street and is centered in the largest banks there.
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Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People
The sequester is simply more proof that our government is putting bank bailouts, military contracts and corporate tax loopholes above the needs of their constituents.
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Do As We Say, Congress Says, Then Does What It Wants
Congress exempts itself from a number of laws that apply to the private sector and the executive branch.
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Money For Nothing: An Hourly Breakdown of Congressional Influence
Members of Congress spend just four hours a day doing the work citizens elected them to do.
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How to Oust a Congressman: Step One
This is how you drive rightwing extremists out of office.
