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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Marchers Swarm New York After Police Officer Is Not Indicted Over Chokehold Death of Eric Garner
New York City officials, activists and attorneys have expressed outrage at the failure to indict a New York City police officer who held 43-year-old father Eric Garner in a chokehold, leading to his death.
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How Missouri's White Establishment Convinced America to Take Darren Wilson's Side
The Ferguson grand jury process was merely a formality, as there was never any intent to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown.
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Hong Kong Police Violently Drive Out Pro-Democracy Protesters, Arresting Dozens
Police baton charges left some protesters prostrate and bleeding while volleys of pepper spray left others vomiting and temporarily blind, with at least 40 people taken to hospital.
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North Carolina's Newest U.S. Senator Accused of Cyberbullying
Raleigh resident Bibi Bowman says the fact that a police officer called her and told her to take down a Facebook post is an invasion of her privacy and a thinly-veiled attempt to intimidate her into silence.
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Rent a Cop: The Big, Shady (But Legal) Business of Secondary Policing
It's been over a month since 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers, Jr. was killed by a St. Louis police officer.
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Hong Kong Police Clear Part of Pro-Democracy Protests, But Occupation Remains
Barricades were torn down this week at Admiralty as authorities enforced a court order, but other areas remained occupied by demonstrators.
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Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter Coalition Lobbies Senate Bill To Curb NSA Surveillance
The Reform Government Surveillance coalition, including the biggest names in consumer technology, has backed a U.S. bill that would limit surveillance and prevent bulk email collection.
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“¡Ya Me Canse!” – After Student Killings, Are the Mexican People Finally Demanding Change?
Mexico's population is now making itself heard – tired of a tiny elite that treats them like subjects rather than citizens, and tired of the criminal gangs that terrorize them and corrupt the political process.
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Susan Sarandon and Slavoj Žižek Lead Celebrity Call for Greater Whistleblower Protections
The public can finally see for themselves the war crimes, corruption, mass surveillance and abuses of power of the U.S. government and other governments around the world.
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The Children's Crusade: Understanding the Central American Migrant Crisis
The reasons so many kids continue to make this dangerous trek north involve the War on Drugs, Reagan-era civil wars and a U.S. sponsored coup.
