The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Grenfell Tower Is a Shameful Symbol of Growing Inequality – and the Results of Austerity
The tragedy in West London has become a symbol of how a system of austerity, cutting corners and targeting the most vulnerable, ultimately scars society’s poorest.
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Trump Lawyer's Firm Steered Millions In Donations to Family Members
Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal Jay Sekulow approved plans to push poor and jobless people to give to his Christian nonprofit, which then paid big sums to his family.
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The Wisconsin Experiment: Could G.O.P. Win As "Moderates" on Education In 2018
With Democrats predicting big gains as President Trump’s approval ratings flatline, Republicans are courting an audience that they’ve neglected since the Tea Party victories of 2010: moderates.
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Prominent Democratic Fundraisers Realign to Lobby for Trump's Agenda
Democratic fundraisers who raised record amounts of campaign cash for Hillary Clinton are now retained by top telecom interests trying to repeal net neutrality, representing for-profit prisons, and pushing with corporate interests to weaken financial regulations.
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Biggest Banks Fueling Climate Disaster With Billions Poured Into "Extreme Fossil Fuels"
"To keep the planet under 1.5 degrees of global warming and stop human rights violations, banks must stop financing extreme fossil fuels. Our planet just can't take it."
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The G.O.P.'s Medical Malpractice: Either Republicans Don’t Understand Healthcare, or They’re Just Liars
The GOP has already indicted itself as both criminally ignorant and casually hypocritical about the nature of health insurance and the critical role government necessarily plays in it.
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Trump Seeks Sharp Cuts to Housing Aid, Except for Program That Brings Him Millions
Trump’s business empire intersects with government in countless ways, from taxation to permitting to the issuing of patents, but the housing subsidy is one of the clearest examples of the conflicts experts have predicted.
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Trump Officials Overseeing Health Care Overhaul Previously Lobbied for Health Insurance Firms
Senior Health and Human Services Administration appointees previously worked for insurers seeking to influence the consumer regulations mandated by the ACA.
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Why Regulators Should Block Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods
The deal would lessen competition and allow Amazon to expand its dominance of online commerce.
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Louisiana Fiscal Hawks Are Driving Their State's Economy Into the Ground
The state’s credit rating has plummeted due to downgrades from all three major credit agencies over the last year and a half. In its March 2017 report, Moody’s pointed to Louisiana's financial uncertainty, driven by Republican austerity measures.
