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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'Outrageous Violation of First Amendment': Leaked Docs Reveal Trump Tracked Journalists and Rights Advocates at Border
The government is keeping a list of journalists and "instigators" that were involved with the so-called migrant caravan from the last months of 2018 and early 2019 in a database.
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State of Emergency: Where the Healthcare and Migrant Crises Overlap
Amid the ongoing crisis over immigration – like the violent scenes taking place right now at the Tijuana border – immigrants in the U.S. often fail to receive the basic medical attention they need.
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Rebel Cities 5: Bologna Again Takes Center Stage Resisting Italian Fascism
Coalizione Civica (Civic Coalition) is challenging Italy's far-right lurch, pushing radical municipalist values such as rights to the city, ecological sustainability and social inclusion.
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The First Signs of a Global Climate Change Immigration Crisis Are Here
The Mekong Delta region is the canary in the coalmine – one of the first places in the world to feel the real and lasting effects of climate change, and a grim indication of what's to come.
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What Eastern Europe's Anti-Immigration Movement Says About E.U. Frailty
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban's sweeping accusations both against the E.U. and the waves of refugees seeking safety in his country may sound like ludicrous soundbites, but they betray an identity crisis that is affecting the entirety of Eastern Europe.
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After Barcelona Terror Attack, Europe to Confront a More Violent Refugee Crisis
A day after the attack on Las Ramblas, members of the extreme right Spanish group, Falange, took to the streets to protest Islam and the E.U.'s failed immigration policies, and clashed with anti-fascist groups in a sign of the turbulence to come.
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Kurdish Women Fight Odds to Broadcast on Women's Rights
Radio Dange Nwe, founded and run by women in Halabja in northern Iraq, has made waves with a program that fights conservative ideas and helps refugee women discuss and solve their problems.
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Green Candidate's Narrow Presidential Victory Remakes Austrian Politics
Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent candidate backed by the Austrian Green Party, fought neck and neck with far-right Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer and scratched out a narrow victory in the historic election.
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There's An East African Refugee Crisis – Why Aren't We Discussing It?
A week ago, on April 17, 400 East Africans drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat capsized on the way to Italy – and when the numbers get this big, we forget that they are individual lives being lost, like this, every day.
