Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Black Lives Matter Is Making Single Moms Homeowners
In Louisville, the group is purchasing vacant homes for low-income families to promote stability in the community and fight gentrification.
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Nationwide Week of Action To Build Mass Movement Behind Medicare for All
"As nurses, we understand the need for guaranteed healthcare for everyone. That's why we are fighting to win Medicare for All and joining thousands at barnstorms across the country."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Should Nationalize Utilities
PG&E is asking for a bailout. Instead, we should make that utility, and all utilities, public assets.
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Why Germany Leads in Renewables: It Has Its Own Green Bank
Along with the proposal for a Green New Deal, establishing a national public infrastructure and development bank should be a no-brainer. It's how Germany led the clean energy revolution.
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Three-Quarters of American Voters Want to Tax the Rich More
A new poll involving 1,993 people from Feb. 1-2 found that 76% of registered voters surveyed think wealthy Americans should pay more taxes.
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For the People Act: House Democrats Introduce Sweeping New Reform Bill
The legislation would make it easier to vote, create publicly financed elections, rein in corruption and restore voting rights to millions.
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Warren’s Push for a Wealth Tax Could Be a Game Changer
Warren’s proposal would levy a modest annual tax on the 75,000 wealthiest households in the country — or roughly the top 0.1 percent.
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Rebel Cities 19: Gdansk's Murdered Mayor Was Leading the Polish Charge Against Fascism
Occupy.com pays tribute to Pawel Adamowicz by focusing on Gdansk's citizens' assemblies that he was instrumental in helping to build – and which he saw as a democratic tool to facilitate democracy in Poland and beyond.
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Striking Los Angeles Teachers Won Big. Here's What Their Victory Means.
The successful L.A. teachers strike helps move the balance of power in California and nationally toward public education, and against both austerity and the privatization of education through charter schools.
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What the U.K. Can Learn from Portugal’s Socialist Government Success Story
Since coming to power three years ago, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa has dissolved austerity measures like cuts to pensions and salaries – fostering record-breaking economic growth in the process.
