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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After Barcelona Terror Attack, Europe to Confront a More Violent Refugee Crisis
A day after the attack on Las Ramblas, members of the extreme right Spanish group, Falange, took to the streets to protest Islam and the E.U.'s failed immigration policies, and clashed with anti-fascist groups in a sign of the turbulence to come.
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The road to hate: For six young men, Charlottesville is only the beginning
The torch-lit images of that Friday night’s march revealed scores of clean-cut, unashamed and young men — very young. Who were they, and what in their relatively short lives had so aggrieved them that they felt compelled to act? The answer is complicated.
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"Hope Not Hatred": Thousands Gather Across U.S. in Rebuke to Trump, Neo-Nazis
Replacing torches with candles and hate with hope, thousands gathered across the U.S. on Wednesday to mourn the death of Heather Heyer and stand peacefully against the violence perpetrated by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va.
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U.S. Government Demands Details On All Visitors to Anti-Trump Protest Site
Privacy advocates call warrant for IP addresses of 1.3 million people who visited inauguration protest website an unconstitutional "fishing expedition."
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Legal Hacking Tools Can Be Useful for Journalists, Too
Journalists could scope out targets, companies, and connections with other items of interest.
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Two Years Into Refugee Crisis, Europe Tries to Wipe Its Hands Clean
There is little mention of the ongoing unwillingness by France or Germany to make good on their commitment to accept the promised number of refugees, nor further debate on Hungary’s and Poland’s outright refusal to admit any refugees within their borders.
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Escaping Assad: A Syrian Kurd's Story
“The revolution began as a peaceful civilian movement for all Syrians, Kurds, Arabs, everyone," says Sami. "And I look at where we are now and it is so depressing. The revolution has been stolen.”
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"Free Speech" Bills Could Chill Campus Activism Nationwide
At least 10 states are currently considering some variation of a bill proposed by the conservative Goldwater Institute that would implement punitive measures for students involved in protests on campuses.
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Sen. Cory Booker just introduced a bill that could legalize marijuana nationwide
One advocate described it as “the single most far-reaching marijuana bill that’s ever been filed in either chamber of Congress.”
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Protesters Facing Police Presence Blockade Oil Train in Vancouver, Washington
Our community and our planet are under attack, yet the political response has been amoral and inadequate. We were here on the tracks a year after the Mosier oil train derailment and nothing has changed,” said Jessie Braverman, a protester.
