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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The Year We Build Power Together
The social movement can begin 2015 with a major victory over corporate power.
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Why the Rich Are Getting Richer – And Why It Could Get Much Worse
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has been writing about America’s economically divided society since the 1960s.
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12 Days of Christmas Apologies
The super-greedy refuse to apologize and make amends for their treatment of less fortunate Americans. Are visions of an Occupy II Movement dancing in their heads?
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The Year in Inequality: Racial Disparity Can No Longer Be Ignored
There’s no way policymakers can adequately address inequality in the United States overall without recognizing the effects of the racial wealth gap.
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The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor Half of The Country
There seems to be a method to the madness of winner-take-all capitalism.
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The Sanders Plan: A New Economic Agenda for America
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders released an the document last week, detailing 12 reforms to help make the economy work for working people once more.
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Bucking Economic "Recovery," Living Wage Disparity Shows Rising Inequality In Britain
Despite some economic recovery, nearly 5.3 million Brits are paid less than a living wage.
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Stiglitz: How Inequality Is Killing the American Dream – And What We Can Do About It
The U.S. is gradually, and painfully, struggling to come to terms with certain contradictions about the enormity of inequalities marking our society.
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The Road to Dissent: New Poll Shows Austerity Fatigue Is Growing In Britain
A new Financial Times survey shows the majority of UK voters believe that instead of using harsh public cuts to peel back the deficit, other forms of extravagant government spending should be abolished.
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And Now the Richest .01 Percent
According to new research, the richest one-hundredth of one percent of Americans now hold over 11 percent of the nation’s total wealth – a higher share than the top .01 percent held in 1929 before the Great Crash.
