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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To Build a Progressive Populism, Look to Farm Country
With their sights now firmly trained on 2018, Democratic strategists and liberal pundits have an opportunity to re-think populism and learn from the work of farm communities that have fought racism and corporate control.
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Women Accusing Trump Demand Congress Investigate Sexual Misconduct Claims
Women who accused Trump of sexually inappropriate behavior say lawmakers should extend the same scrutiny to the president that they did to Al Franken.
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Protesters Greet Trump at Mississippi Museum As Leaders Honor Civil Rights Figures
"Why should anyone give the stage to the president so he can have a photo op only to fight against all the things that civil rights workers fought for?"
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Trump Takes a Stand For Corruption – By Withdrawing U.S. from Anti-Corruption Pact
Trump's hasty, under-reported move sent an unmistakable signal: corruption is tolerated if it helps line corporate pockets.
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Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies
Proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer, with assistance from Oliver North, would provide Trump and CIA Director Mike Pompeo with a global private spy network to circumvent official U.S. intelligence agencies.
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Reinventing Antifa In an Era of Rising Rightwing Power
With millions on the brink of absolute poverty, and Britain well on its way to achieving a hard Brexit even as Catalonia prepares for it own independence, the stage may be set for a new wave of populist right-wing extremism.
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Germany's Coal Problem: A Growing Question Mark At the UN Climate Summit
Many agree that Germany's continued mining of lignite coal – the dirtiest type there is – undermines its green image. This past week, the Greens in Germany abruptly dropped their commitment to stopping coal and reducing car emissions.
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Facing the Nazi Threat: At What Point Do We Counter-Protest?
Beating up a Nazi will not teach him or her to stop being a Nazi, but will enforce the internal narrative that they are a marginalized group under attack.
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Probe Demanded After Wilbur Ross, Rex Tillerson Implicated in Paradise Papers
The latest revelations are part of a disturbing pattern of Trump administration officials seeking to hide their links to Russian business interests and members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
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COP23 Opens With New Global Leadership Emerging Against Climate Change
Fiji and other vulnerable island nations have set out the necessary steps to keep global the temperature rise below 1.5 degrees celsius. This includes going further and faster than the historic agreements made in Paris in 2015.
