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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.
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Sedition caucus mimics Trump’s worst sin: Demolition of content—legal, moral, democratic or electoral
The party of primitive deplorables, thinking it too could play with fire, is facing an outraged majority. Too bad it took so long.
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Green New Deal, Part VIII: New Zealand’s Zero-Covid-19 Strategy Shows how Politics Can Serve the Common Good
The country’s smart pandemic ethos offers a gateway to organize society for the common good, something essential for a green, just transformation.
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Finding a Home for the ‘Politically Homeless’: Could a UK Version of Spain’s Podemos Party Work In Britain?
The notion of a new party being formed by socialists, progressives and others who feel politically homeless is gaining momentum among Britain’s left.
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‘Bye-bye, Betsy DeVos. You won’t be missed,’ says Sanders as billionaire education secretary attacks push for tuition-free college
“What do you call a billionaire who registered a $40 million, 164-foot yacht in the Cayman Islands to avoid $2.4 million in U.S. taxes, while undermining public schools? The worst Education Secretary in the history of America.”
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House passes comprehensive marijuana reform legislation historically de-scheduling marijuana
“We are grateful that members of Congress have rightly come to the realization that the drug war has exacerbated the racial injustices in this country...”
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Ireland Swings Left As Sinn Féin Vows to Tackle Crises In Housing and Inequality
The stunning victory for Sinn Féin earlier this month marked a historical repositioning of Ireland’s political landscape, as voters put their faith in left-wing outsiders and the promise of bold social reform.
