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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Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People
In a colorful decision that managed to invoke the Boston Tea Party, Lady Macbeth and Jesus of Nazareth, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that feeding the homeless is “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.”
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Could Accusations of Anti-Semitism Derail the Labour Party Under Jeremy Corbyn?
A growing chorus of Labour supporters are concerned that Jeremy Corbyn's handling of anti-semitism charges could cost him his role as prime minister at the next general election – and could even derail the party itself.
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Protesters clash, arrests mount after toppling of Confederate statue at UNC-Chapel Hill
Protesters clashed Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — resulting in several arrests — a few days after a group toppled a Confederate soldier’s bronze statue that was erected on campus more than a century ago.
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NYU Medical School Plans Free Tuition For Those Studying To Be Doctors
The move is meant to address the high cost of entering a career in medicine, which pushes prospective physicians to high-end specialties instead of primary care.
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Rebel Cities 12: Valparaiso Shows How Radical Municipalism Must Deal With Our Burning World
In October 2016, Valparaiso, Chile, elected a radical municipalist administration. The city is aware that it is existentially threatened by the fires consuming it, and aims to tackle climate change head on.
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How a Small Town in Iowa Freed Local Workers From ICE Detention
Isabel's husband was detained by ICE. Then she received a call from the Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project, part of a wave of new groups that bail out detained immigrants. They wanted to help.
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Our Opponents' Actions Show We're Winning
One way we measure success is by recognizing the growing popular movements across multiple fronts of struggle. Another way is by observing the actions of our opponents.
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'Hell no': counterprotesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally
A small group of white nationalists marched through downtown Washington on Sunday and were met at the rally site by thousands of counterdemonstrators denouncing racism and white supremacy.
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One year from Charlottesville: Hate is on the run – but still at the White House
White supremacist and nationalist groups had not gone away after the Civil Rights era, they just went underground – until their voice had been given the greatest megaphone of modern times.
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Baltimore to Become First Major American City to Ban Water Privatization
In a unanimous city council vote, a charter amendment makes both the city's water supply and sewer system “inalienable” and leaves them in local control.
