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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Too Poor to Vote: How Alabama's "New Poll Tax" Bars Thousands of People From Voting
In Alabama and eight other states from Nevada to Tennessee, anyone who has lost the right to vote cannot regain it until they pay off any outstanding court fines, legal fees and victim restitution.
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Why A Brexit "No Deal" Will Hit Poorest U.K. Households the Hardest
Leaving the E.U. without any trade deal would result in a sharp rise in the price of food, clothing and other basic goods, dealing a particular blow to those financially struggling families whom the prime minister said are "just about managing."
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Rep. Steve Scalise Is Entitled to His Own Opinion – But Not His Own Facts about the 2nd Amendment
The congressman's interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is not supported by historical facts or and contemporary evidence.
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The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part II
“They say they have the best technology in the world. It is false. Maybe they have PhDs, but they do not have real knowledge. They are playing with nature and physics, but do not understand its dangers,” says Annie Henriksen of the oil drillers in the Arctic.
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3 years ago, Stockton, California, was Bankrupt. Now It's Trying Out A Basic Income.
A city on the outskirts of Silicon Valley is using Facebook money to fund a basic income trial.
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21 Protesters Arrested in Pennsylvania for Blocking New Gas Pipeline Construction
Police arrested 23 opponents of the Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline Monday afternoon after they blocked the movement of a backhoe to prevent the beginning of construction on farmland owned by a Catholic order of nuns.
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‘A Soulless Coward’: Coach Gregg Popovich Responds to Trump
The Spurs coach speaks about Trump’s latest outrage.
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How "Team Internet" Is Mobilizing Activists Nationwide Against FCC Threat to Net Neutrality
The battle for net neutrality heats up this month as Demand Progress and Fight for the Future team up with Netflix, Reddit, Vimeo and others in nationwide actions within a powerful, growing coalition: Team Internet.
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The Fight To Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part I
Norway, which started drilling for oil in 2013 in the Barents Sea, has recently opened up 93 blocks for exploration licences in the area between Hámmárfeasta, the Svalbard archipelago and Arctic Russia.
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Texas Activists Combine Social Media With Old-School Tactics to Resist Conservative Agenda
Intersectional movements are helping the left gain ground, not just play defense.