The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Reckoning with Britain’s Cost-of-Living Crisis: Causes and Solutions
Having endured years of austerity, real-wage cuts, a crippling pandemic, and now soaring costs to energy prices and other living essentials, financially struggling families require immediate state support to help get through the cost-of-living crisis.
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How India’s Farmers Achieved Victory After a Yearlong Protest
Leaving their farms and land earlier this year to brave the cold and live on the streets of Delhi, India’s farmers challenged the might of a government bent on reducing their protections – and won the fight.
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Calls for UK to Tax Wealth, Not Work, Gather Momentum
A hike in National Insurance Contributions, a fundamental component of the UK welfare state, would hit lowest-paid people the hardest.
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Green New Deal XIII: From Kansas City to Estonia, Free Public Transport Is the Future
To reverse the ongoing climate catastrophe we must rethink transit, making it clean – and free to use – for everyone.
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Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think
The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere.
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10 years later, Occupy lives on in society and politics
Yes, the tents and occupations are long gone. Yes, capitalism is still the dominant ideology. And yes, banks and multinational corporations still run our government. But when following the timeline, the impression Occupy Wall Street left on American politics, society, and how we talk about capitalism is undeniable.
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The U.S. Can Go Big on Infrastructure Spending If It Drops Its Fear of Deficits
Should Biden wish to be remembered as the next iteration of FDR, he’ll need to reject old ways of thinking about spending and embrace Modern Monetary Theory, putting forth a plan that’s just as, if not more ambitious than, the original New Deal.
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Kill the Bill: UK Fights to Protect the Democratic Right to Protest
The long Easter weekend saw thousands of demonstrators join rallies and marches across Britain as part of a high-prolife censure of a proposed new law that would give police extra powers to curtail protests.
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Green New Deal X: Denmark Shows How a Country Can Power Beyond Fossil Fuels
The Nordic country has been able to go so far so quickly because it started its renewable energy push a half century ago – and the good news is that others can now replicate its social and ecological innovations to keep fossil fuels grounded and out of the atmosphere.
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Green New Deal IX: Learning Lessons about Equality and Education from Finland
In their recently published book Finntopia: What We Can Learn From the World's Happiest Country, authors Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen explain how the nordic nation became one of the most equitable societies on Earth.
