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 Democatic Socialism Is... And What It Is Not
There is no good reason for socialism to be a dirty word.
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Petro-State Norway Signals Oil Game Is Up
Europe's largest oil producer is effectively admitting the oil game is over and promises to divest from the industry – but it wants to play to the final whistle. Can it have it both ways?
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The Secret to Funding a Green New Deal
Amid transatlantic proposals for a Green New Deal, monetary policy – normally relegated to obscure academic tomes and bureaucratic meetings behind closed doors – has suddenly taken center stage.
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‘Tired of Being Unsupported and Messed With,’ Teachers Stage a Bold Protest that Scores National Attention
Teachers are now understanding that their labor power is part of a broader strategy to even the playing field in a political landscape that is increasingly unequal.
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Jeopardizing Britain's Wealth and Welfare, Brexit Had To Lose
The rejection of a no-deal left the government crestfallen as its attempt to keep control of the Brexit process by maintaining a no-deal on the table was quashed.
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Britain's Second Chance: After All-Out Brexit Failure, Will the U.K. Vote Again?
On Tuesday, U.K. Parliament rejected – by a whopping total of 149 votes – Prime Minister Theresa May's last-minute compromise plan with the E.U. on the proposed deal, possibly spelling the end of Brexit.
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16-Year-Olds Want to Vote—and States Are Starting to Listen to Them
Oregon may become the first state to lower the voting age to include youth in all local and statewide elections.
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Revealed: populist leaders linked to reduced inequality
Populists both the left and right have closed the gap between rich and poor – but also eroded freedoms.
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Democrats’ Net Neutrality Bill Would Fully Restore Obama-Era FCC Rules
Instead of writing a new set of net neutrality rules, the "Save the Internet Act" would simply nullify FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's repeal of the 2015 FCC order – and forbid the agency from repealing the rules in the future.
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Oakland teachers return to class after 7-day strike. Here’s what they won—and lost.
The district doubled teachers’ pay raises, for starters.
