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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An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To "Debtors’ Prison" Over A Few Bounced Checks
The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
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Campus Chill: How Freezing Tuition Became the Latest Move in the Austerity Playbook
At first glance, the appeal of a tuition freeze is obvious: the bills directly benefit students and can be written, passed and enforced in just months. But not everyone is on board, for good reasons.
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Apple's tax bill is going to start getting bigger
For decades, the tech giant has set up corporate structures overseas where it can get away with paying less tax than it would if it was in its home country.
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Germany's Vice Chancellor Gabriel: US-EU trade talks 'have failed'
Sigmar Gabriel, the Minister for Economic Affairs and head of the Social Democrats, said Sunday that after 14 rounds of talks, the U.S. and E.U. have yet to agree on even one chapter out of the 27 being discussed.
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Fascism Revisited, Part II: The Cosy Relationship with Capitalists Continues
We would not have the rabidly free market, neoliberal – and increasingly fascist-leaning – system we have today if not for capitalists who have invested in small far-right groups from the 1930s onwards.
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EpiPen Uproar Highlights Company’s Family Ties to Congress
Sen. Amy Klobuchar has demanded hearings on the EpiPen’s 450 percent price increase in just seven years.
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Public Banks Could Break the Impasse Over Marijuana Money
Because marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug, private banks are effectively prohibited from fully participating in this market.
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Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold
Rhetoric aside, Clinton is showing her full solidarity with Wall Street – most recently with the announcement that former Interior Secretary and oil and gas industry insider Ken Salazar will chair her transition team.
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Fascism Revisited, Part I: A Cozy Relationship To Capitalism Takes Root
A new brand of fascism and far-right ideology is on the march, with demagogues moving towards power from Austria to the U.S., France to Finland, Greece to Germany.
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The Justice Department Says it Will Stop Using Private Prisons
"They do not maintain the same level of safety and security,” the Deputy Attorney General says.
