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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Capturing Minds: Is There Life After Facebook?
The new crypto-social network Minds allows for the same level of high-functioning interaction as Facebook, but a big difference is that it is completely open-source, decentralized and user-owned.
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America’s Richest 2% Made More Money in 2017 Than the Cost of the Entire Safety Net
Those Americans with an average net worth of about $2.5 million accumulated enough wealth in 2017 alone to pay for the safety net FOUR TIMES over.
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Facebook v. Russia: Don’t Blame the Poisoned Well, Blame Those Who Still Drink From It
If you’ve been vacuumed into the vortex of outrage that intensified in the wake of the Russia allegations, you’ve probably also noticed much of the public turn its collective glare in Facebook’s direction. But that’s a mistake.
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Stop Saying We're a Nation of Immigrants
The "nation of immigrants" motto ignores America's history of colonialism, conquest and forced migration, embodied in several non-immigrant groups that are rarely discussed: Native Hawaiians and Puerto Ricans.
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Richer Than Ever: The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List
The 29th annual guide to the globe’s richest found a record 1,826 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion – up from $6.4 trillion a year ago.
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Bay Area Tech Bus Drivers Seek To Unionize For Better Wages and Conditions
Occupy.com met this week with a handful of shuttle drivers in San Francisco working for some of the biggest brands in global tech, and the overall sentiment was that they're being used and abused.
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No More Games: If the Super Rich Won't Pay Taxes, It's Time For Plan B
The wealthiest Americans receive the greatest benefits – and they insult the rest of us by treating their tax responsibility like a game.
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Google and Yahoo Furious Over Reports that NSA Secretly Intercepts Data Links
Leaked files suggest the NSA, in partnership with its British counterpart GCHQ, is collecting information "at will" by intercepting cables that connect Google and Yahoo's data hubs.
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What are Facebook and Google Doing in Bed with Climate Deniers?
We propose the “No Deniers Rule” as a good starting place for any company that wants to be on the right side of history in the climate fight — that goes for the tech giants that falsely burnish green credentials while supporting climate destruction.
