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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How Big Dairy Pushed Fattier Milks into U.S. Schools
The Trump administration has worked closely with the dairy lobby, allowing fattier, sweeter drinks’ reintroduction to American schools despite heavy opposition.
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Occupy the Super Bowl: Atlanta's School System Suffers As Football Fever Reigns
Atlanta's public school personnel face a bleak economic future while the city is guaranteeing hundreds of millions of dollars for its Super Bowl host site.
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Warren’s Push for a Wealth Tax Could Be a Game Changer
Warren’s proposal would levy a modest annual tax on the 75,000 wealthiest households in the country — or roughly the top 0.1 percent.
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Trump EPA Won't Limit 2 Toxic Chemicals In Drinking Water
The EPA's decision means that two toxic chemicals contaminating millions of Americans' tap water will remain unregulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Free Speech, Hassan Nasrallah and Other Victims of Internet Censorship
Companies like Facebook and Google do the bidding of the U.S. government by censoring "dangerous" sites. But at what point do the tech giants themselves represent a proto-fascist danger to free speech?
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Venezuela: What Activists Need to Know about the U.S.-Led Coup
Two things stand out about the U.S. coup in Venezuela: It is unusually open, and the coup is built on a series of obvious falsehoods. Yet the bi-partisans in Washington, with a few exceptions, keep repeating them.
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America Needs A War on Waste–Not A War on Trade
The federal government could play a fundamental role helping restructure the nation's industry to focus more on recycling and producing remanufactured goods.
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What the U.K. Can Learn from Portugal’s Socialist Government Success Story
Since coming to power three years ago, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa has dissolved austerity measures like cuts to pensions and salaries – fostering record-breaking economic growth in the process.
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Capitalist-style Wealth Gap: 1 Tech Guy = 1,000,000 Teachers
There are over 4 million preschool, primary, secondary and special education teachers in America, who average $57,000 in salary; the richest 6 American tech leaders average $80 billion each.
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Food Aid In Jeopardy Nationwide Due to Government Shutdown
SNAP funding for 38 million Americans is fully covered by the federal government, but individual states are responsible for administering the program – and many may not be able through February.
