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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What It's Going to Take To Win A Green New Deal, Part II
The Green New Deal will be the equivalent of the New Deal of the 1930s, the Civil Rights era, and the Moonshot of the 1960s – all at the same time. At its core, it is a grand story about American renewal.
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Escaping the Neoliberal Trap and Winning A Green New Deal, Part I
Progressive Democrats must go much further in taking on the fundamental injustices of the corporate capitalist economy, which does not work for the majority of Americans nor, incidentally, for the planet either.
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Minneapolis Confronts Its History of Housing Segregation
By doing away with single-family zoning, the city takes on high rent, long commutes, and racism in real estate in one fell swoop.
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'It Is Time for Progressives of the World to Unite': Sanders-Varoufakis Issue Open Call for New Global Movement
"Our Progressive International will reclaim our communities, our cities, our countries, and our planet with a bold International New Deal that we will work, together, to deliver."
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“It’s An Honor to Arrest You”: Climate Civil Disobedience Goes On Trial in Duluth
Following three arrests of climate protesters at a Wells Fargo branch in Minnesota, the court's decision could hinge on whether there was a feasible “legal alternative” to civil disobedience in the struggle against climate injustice.
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For Low-Wage Workers, the Fight For 15 Movement Has Been a Boon
The Fight for 15 movement to raise minimum wages directly led to a collective $68 billion raise for 22 million low-wage workers in both the public and private sectors, according to a new analysis.
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New Economic Model for the South: Ditch Corporate Welfare & Fund Agricultural Co-ops
More than 200 black-owned co-ops in the South have been established in the past 25 years, providing a model to alleviate poverty and widespread health problems like diabetes and malnutrition.
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Baltimore Becomes First Major U.S. City to Ban Water Privatization
The global movement to stop privatization deals and expand public ownership just scored a huge victory in Baltimore, as residents voted overwhelmingly to ban putting their water in private hands.
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Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measures Went Undefeated In 2018
As of a late vote count last week, Utah narrowly became the fourth state this fall – after Michigan, Utah and Missouri – to pass a ballot measure ending unfair gerrymandering.
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The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?
Unlike the proletariat, which sought labor security, the progressives among the precariat want a future based on existential security, with a high priority placed on ecology and the commons.
