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 Districts With Widest Gender Wage Gaps, Congressmen Oppose Fair Pay Laws
Four out of five of the U.S. congressional districts with the widest gender-based wage gaps are represented by congressmen who oppose equal pay laws.
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ACLU Launches Nationwide Police Militarization Investigation
The ACLU has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States.
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Memo From Atlanta: How the Blackstone Group and "Property Managers" are Seizing Our Homes
After creating the massive housing bubble that eventually burst, Wall Street private equity and hedge funds have figured out how to profit off their destruction: by turning foreclosed homes into rentals and securitizing the rental income.
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Dr. Occupy, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Run for Congress
I'm one of the minority in the Occupy movement who optimistically believes our politics can be redeemed, that direct action tactics and grassroots campaigns can be brought successfully to electoral politics. So I ran for office.
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Idle No More: Think Occupy, But With Deep Roots
From hunger strikes to road and rail blockades, Idle No More is a surging movement of indigenous activists that may be as important as the Occupy Movement that transfixed the world a year ago.
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Argument to Raise the Minimum Wage, Part II
Everyone acknowledges that poverty is terrible but most business owners fail to grasp why it is a black hole from which there is no escape.
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Argument to Raise the Minimum Wage, Part I
At the heart of the poverty challenge lies the controversial concept of the minimum wage.
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Why We Need Unions
As current labor strikes across the country demonstrate, Americans are increasingly unwilling to take economic inequality in stride, and want justice.
