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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Creating A Public Bank in New Jersey: Will the Inside-Outside Game Work?
A banker from the Belly of the Beast, Goldman Sachs, has emerged to fight New Jersey's entrenched financial interests and implement what, if it succeeds, will be one of the most progressive state agendas in the country.
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Defying Republicans, Senate Democrats Schedule Vote to Save Net Neutrality
Democrats are forcing the Senate to vote on Wednesday, nearly 1 month before the FCC repeal of net neutrality would take effect.
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With March on Harrisburg, the "Blue Wave" Gathers Force in Pennsylvania
We aren’t meant to believe that what we do, or what we march for, or who we elect, on the local level, has any real larger-scale consequences. March on Harrisburg is attempting to change that.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Can the Public Banking Movement Learn How to Fight?
After Santa Fe ceded ground as the first metropolis ready to lead us into an era of public banking, the City of Los Angeles has jumped to the forefront of the banking revolution.
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Mother's Day Reality: More Employed Single Mothers Are Poor in Today's America
More than a quarter of single mothers living without partners or parents are now in poverty, and almost twice as many women as men are likely to live in poverty at some point.
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Ohio Voters Just Made Gerrymandering More Trouble Than It’s Worth
Here's some news you may have missed in the drama of Tuesday's multistate primaries: Ohio voters decided to limit one party’s power to draw congressional lines that would lock the other out of power for a decade.
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Rebel Cities 3: Zapatistas Are Still Trailblazing Worlds Beyond Neoliberalism
Everything changed on New Year's Day 1994, when Zapatistas took autonomous control of their land in Chiapas, southern Mexico. In the 24 years since, they have exported their organizing model worldwide.
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In Blow to Monsanto, India's Top Court Upholds Decision That Seeds Cannot Be Patented
"Our sovereignty is protected, our laws are protected. Our ability to write laws in the public interest are protected," said Vandana Shiva. "The Earth will win. Seed will win, Monsanto will lose."
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Testing Controversial Voter ID Rules, Britain Eyes An Uncertain Electoral Future
Some 4,000 voters across Bromley, Woking, Gosport, Watford and Swindon were turned away from the local election polling booths because they didn't have a bank card, driving license or passport.
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Whether America Can Afford A Job Guarantee Program Is Not Up For Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders's endorsement of a guaranteed job for anyone who wants one has reinvigorated a debate in which people instinctively ask: How on earth can we pay for that?
