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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Ranchers Fight Keystone XL Pipeline by Building Solar Panels in Its Path
It's one of several creative protests against pipeline companies trying to use eminent domain to take private land. A Nebraska hearing is planned for August.
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Occupy the Cinema: In "Rat Film," Humans and Rodents Claw for American Survival
Through all the invisible walls that it demonstrates are surrounding us, "Rat Film" seems to conclude that people will continue living and making due. People, in general, won’t be brought down. We’ll find a way.
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Are You Ready To Consider That Capitalism Is The Real Problem?
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society.
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"We Will Not Be Intimidated": Organizers Announce Women's March Against NRA— #NRA2DOJ
In response to hostile videos by the gun lobby group, progressive activists have announced a march in the nation's capitol for next week. #NRA2DOJ
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July 12th: Internet-Wide Day of Action To Save Net Neutrality
The FCC wants to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies control over what we see and do online, through throttling, blocking, censorship and extra fees. On July 12, the Internet will come together to stop them.
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18 States, Consumer Groups Sue DeVos Over Delay of Student Loan Protections
The lawsuits accuse the Education Secretary of illegally delaying the regulations aimed at predatory colleges, which would protect federal student loan borrowers defrauded by those schools.
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Climate Necessity and the Future of Environmental Dissent
"Social progress requires working outside of established channels. Climate necessity activists have pushed their cause away from wonky, inside-baseball environmentalism and toward grassroots, social justice insurgency.”
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At Least 44 States Refuse to Hand Over All Data to Trump’s “Fraud” Commission
The letter Kris Kobach sent to states last week requested names, addresses, dates of birth, political affiliation, last four digits of social security numbers, and a list of elections they voted in since 2006, among other data.
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Europe's Quietly Growing Poor Population Is Getting Louder
As of June, the European Commission stated that more than 240 million people now live on the poverty line – around one-third of the E.U. population – with a full 9 percent of citizens suffering from deprivation.
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Protesters Plan to "Kettle" Leaders At G20 Summit in Hamburg
Authorities in Germany’s second-largest city are preparing for the arrival of an unprecedented line-up of controversial world leaders, as well as protest groups eager to voice dissent on 7 and 8 July.
