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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Rebel Cities 25: Barcelona En Comú Reclaims the City and Reimagines the World
Barcelona's visionary popular party stands at the forefront of a global effort to remake the city in the interest of citizens and neighborhoods – through popular assemblies responding to the will of the people.
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Green Party Surges In Britain, Winning Hundreds of Seats Amid Climate Protests
The Tories and Labour lost badly in recent local elections as the Green Party gained 265 seats to emerge as one of the biggest winners – reflecting people's growing priority to save the planet.
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San Francisco Says No to Facial Recognition Software
The city is the first in the nation to ban the police and other municipal departments from using the technology.
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Americans Need More Bike Transit – And These Nonprofits Are Bringing It
Bike-focused nonprofits raise awareness about the environmental and health benefits that come with more biking transit – and they're also pushing cities to modernize their approach to transportation.
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Bernie Sanders Unveils 'A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education'
With his 10-point proposal to overhaul the nation's schools, the presidential hopeful said he aims to "guarantee every person in our country a quality education as a fundamental human right."
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Monsanto Has Been Ordered To Pay More Than $2 Billion To A Couple With Cancer
The jury award marked the latest and most devastating blow to the agrochemical giant over its popular Roundup weed killer.
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Denver Takes Bold Step Toward Humane and Progressive Drug Policy... Again
The city's narrow vote to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms signals a significant shift in perspective – and insight – into personal, nonviolent drug use.
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AOC and Sanders Issue Plan To Tackle Greed of Wall Street 'Loan Sharks'
The legislation protects consumers by imposing a 15 percent federal cap on credit card interest rates – a major source of financial industry profits.
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The Radical Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money
Everyone knows governments need to tax before they can spend. What Modern Monetary Theory presupposes is, maybe they don't.
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Amazon’s Underbelly 4.0: Consumer Data Harvesting Has Gone Too Far
The company strives to intimately understand its customers by harvesting consumer data at unprecedented levels – ironically, without the consent or the acknowledgement of its customers.
