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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From Universities to Churches to Non-Profits, Big Money Is Buying Off Criticism of Big Money
Our democracy is directly threatened when the rich buy off politicians – but no less dangerous is the quieter, more insidious buy-off of institutions democracy depends on to research, investigate, expose and mobilize action against big money.
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U.S. Incomes Fell Last Year - Except for the Rich, Of Course
In fresh data that adds fire to a growing debate over income inequality, the Labor Department says Americans on average saw income decline for the second straight year in the 12 months to June 2014.
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The Rise of the Working Poor and the Non-Working Rich
The emergence of these two groups is relatively new – and both challenge the core American assumptions that people are paid what they’re worth and that work is justly rewarded
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This is Not a Democracy: How the 1 Percent Rigged the Game
Money is speech and dollars have more influence than people. It's time to be honest about the plutocracy we live in.
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Capitalism is Just a Story and Other Dangerous Thoughts, Part I
We need more options, not more uniformity; more deep thinking, not more rote acceptance; more opposition, not more repetition of the cold dry lie that there is no alternative.
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Using the Fed and Trade to Make the Rich Richer
Nearly all Democrats and even many Republicans now agree that inequality is a serious problem – yet they'll likely stand by and watch as government takes two obvious steps that will increase inequality.
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The Time For A New Economics Is At Hand
Just as Occupy Wall Street aimed at exposing the failures of the financial industry, the kick-it-over campaign aims to expose the failures of the economics profession.
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World At A Crossroads: Stop The Fast Track To A Future Of Global Corporate Rule
Do we want corporate rule or the people’s rule?
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"Zuccotti Park" Musical In New York Shines A Light on Occupy and Economic Justice
It's not easy writing a play about injustice in America much as it's not easy telling the complex, multi-layered story of the Occupy movement – something Catherine Hurd set out to do in her musical that premieres this week.
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Poll: More Than Two-Thirds Of Americans Want To Raise Taxes on the Wealthy
Sixty-eight percent say wealthy households pay too little in federal taxes, 60 percent say the middle class pays too much, and more than half favor raising capital gains taxes on households of $500,000.
