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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How Sallie Mae and the Privatization of Student Loans Is Eroding America
Under the current federal student loan system, the Education Department is expected to reap more than $127 billion in profit from student borrowers over the next decade.
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12 Wisconsin Cities to Vote: End Corporate Personhood, Overturn Citizens United?
Across the state, residents will cast ballots Tuesday on whether to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United, end corporate personhood and get big money out of politics.
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Can Anti-Corruption Candidate Rick Weiland Upend South Dakota's Senate Race?
Toss-up races like Kansas and South Dakota may be the ones that decide whether or not Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate.
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Arrested for Democracy: Inside 99Rise's Latest Civil Disobedience to Get Money Out
“We wanted to take action to dramatize the betrayal of the American people and show that we will resist and attempt to disrupt or at least expose pro-corruption politicians' ability to raise big money.”
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A Hardy Welcome: Wyoming's U.S. Senate Challenger Rages Against the Money Machine
Charlie Hardy, the 75-year-old former Catholic priest now running for Senate, wants to halt NSA spying on ordinary citizens and overturn Citizens United with a Constitutional amendment.
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How Corporations Are Creating a Life-Threatening Water Shortage
Nestlé is draining America's vital groundwater resources at a stunning rate – with 29 water bottling facilities across North America, it pocketed $4 billion in revenue from bottled water sales in 2012 alone.
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Rolling this Rebellion Forward – And Ending the Influence of Money In Politics
One week and nearly 20 actions later, the Rolling Rebellion to get corporate money out of the political process was a successful jump-off point for bigger, better, brighter and louder actions soon to come.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Backs Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
"We must pass an amendment that will restore integrity to our elections," says Senator Tom Udall, "so that a billionaire in one state cannot have more influence than working families in the other forty-nine."
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From Dallas to Seattle, From Taos to New York: Citizens Say Get Money Out of Politics
The Rolling Rebellion is now halfway through its one-week debut and has a lot to show for it – from coast to coast, activists have taken their creative zeal to the streets in a myriad of ways.
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Majority Rule: Defending Democracy with a Constitutional Amendment
Working to ban the influence of money in politics, three U.S. senators already have 43 co-signers, more than 2 million names on petitions and the endorsement of 500 communities in 16 states.
