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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Why Labour's Election Manifesto Is "A Breakthrough for Popular Interests"
"What could be more popular than turning rail, water, energy and post into publicly owned entities and stopping shareholders from creaming off profit and public subsidies?” asks author Richard Seymour, in response to the Labour Party manifesto.
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Why Is America So Opposed to Universal Health Care?
While the rest of the developed world has largely accepted the government’s role in ensuring affordable health care, the U.S. remains stuck in an endless debate full of misinformation perpetuated by rich interest groups.
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Populism of the 1%: Why The Same Billionaires are Behind Trump and Brexit
Those who have profited hand over fist from decades of neoliberalism are now the ones sponsoring the populist, anti-immigration and climate denial regimes on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Trump's E.P.A. Greenlights a Nasty Chemical. A Month Later, It Poisons a Bunch of Farmworkers.
In March, the EPA abruptly changed its stance on the poisonous chemical chlorpyrifos, greenlighting it instead of banning it. Not surprising: the company that makes it has cultivated a cozy relationship with the Trump administration.
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Trump Picks Al Capone of Vote Rigging To investigate Federal Voter Fraud
Kris Kobach was spooning down vanilla ice cream when I showed him the thick pages of evidence documenting his detailed plan to rig the presidential election of 2016.
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Donald Trump Tries to Explain Economics to The Economist. Hilarity Ensues.
Trump says he invented the phrase "priming the pump."
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Wisconsin ID Law Kept 200,000 Voters From Polls — and Trump Won by Just 22,748 Votes
Wisconsin's voter ID law may have suppressed a stunning 200,000 votes in the 2016 presidential election, keeping disproportionately Democratic and African-American voters from the polls – where President Trump won by a mere 22,748 votes.
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Louisiana, Seeking Criminal Justice Reform, Moves Toward Reducing its Prison Population
Many conservatives are getting on board with the changes.
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On Navient Misconduct, Student Debt Activists Stay Silent—For Now
The nation’s largest student loan company, Navient, handles over $300 billion in federal and private loans – though recent details emerged showing the company misled student borrowers while approving subprime loans that defaulted at rates up to 92%.
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Dirty Tory Money Compounds British Government Fraud Crisis
Leaks suggest that Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, awarded dubious loans to leading British Conservative Party donor and former treasurer Michael Spencer. The timing of the allegation could have explosive impact on the June election.
