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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Spokane Climate Activists Sue U.S. Government For Constitutional Violations
The lawsuit known as Holmquist et. al. v. United States asserts that the federal law preempting city health and safety laws over fossil fuel rail shipments violates residents’ constitutional right to a healthy climate and local self-government.
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Time to SwingLeft: Turning Activist Energy Into Electoral Power
Donald Trump's surprise win in November has sparked what liberal groups say is unprecedented activism, with droves now seeking to run for office.
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Black Workers Accuse Nissan of Civil Rights Abuses in Mississippi
"Workers are getting hurt at Nissan in Mississippi, but the company threatens to fire workers or close the plant if we organize a union," said Everlyn Cage, who worked at the carmaker's plant for 10 years and was fired after getting injured on the job.
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Want to Stop Trump? Take a Page From These Dockworkers, and Stop Work
The day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, perhaps the most dramatic and important action was taken by dockworkers in Oakland, California: They stopped working. Their strike demonstrated the potential power ordinary people have on the job, when organized.
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One Week of Fear and Loathing: The World Reacts to Trump
“If he follows through – and people have to come to terms with the fact he may well do what he says he’s going to do – then it’s the end of the post-World War II, post-Cold War order and the beginning of a new phase."
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Tech Executives Say the Muslim Ban is Bad for Business — and the Country
Business leadership at Netflix, Facebook, and Apple say the ban will hurt their companies and won’t make the U.S. safer.
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Protests, Confusion, and Fear at JFK Airport on Day One of the Muslim Ban
Protestors rally during a demonstration against the Muslim immigration ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City.
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All Change or No Change? Culture, Power and Activism in an Unquiet World, Part I
Populations from the United States to Italy to Chile to South Africa to Indonesia are kicking back against a political establishment that feels distant, callous, and nakedly self-serving.
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Standing Rock Tribal Council Approves Evacuation Order for All Camps
Water protectors learned Friday they have thirty days to leave the camps that have helped swell the movement to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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At 2.6 Million Strong, Women's Marches Crush Expectations
What began as a Facebook post by a Hawaii grandmother the day after Hillary Clinton's loss in November blossomed into a massive protest uniting people of all ages, races and religions who turned out across the globe.
