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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"It is Our Duty To Fight For Our Freedom" As Mass Arrests In Ferguson Continue
Cornel West was among 49 protesters arrested Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters and others occupied St. Louis city hall, shut down two Walmart stores and disrupted a political fundraiser.
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Weekend of Resistance Becomes Moral Monday As St. Louis Protests Surge
About 500 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St. Louis overnight into Monday morning near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the two police shootings.
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Law Enforcement Scandal As Asset Seizures Fuel Police Spending
Police agencies have used hundreds of millions of dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeiture law to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear – as well as luxury vehicles.
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17 Arrested In St. Louis During "Ferguson October" Protest
Sunday morning's arrests capped a long Saturday of dissent that began with at least several hundred people marching through downtown St. Louis to protest shootings and racial inequality.
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Tens of Thousands March in Mexico Demanding Action Over Missing Students
In Guerrero state, site of the disappearance of 43 students who protested against school reforms, 50,000 demonstrators took to the streets with some 7,000 blocking a highway to Acapulco.
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Twitter Sues U.S. Government Over Surveillance Disclosure Rules
The social media giant filed suit Tuesday against the Department of Justice and FBI, saying it's been "unconstitutionally restricted by statutes that prohibit and even criminalize" information disclosure.
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Republican Senator Challenges Treasury Over Bank of America’s No-Bid Prison Deal
Bailed-out bank has been paid at least $76 million to manage inmates’ accounts and oversee e-messaging and phone services inside the 121 facilities managed by the Bureau of Prisons.
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Classmates of Missing Mexico Students Vow "Radical Action"
Forty-three students were allegedly “disappeared” after a political protest two weeks ago in Guerrero state, and a nearby mass grave may link police to a drug gang that committed a massacre.
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The JPay Scam: Prison Bankers Cash In On Captive Customers
JPay, Inc. and other prison bankers collect tens of millions of dollars every year from inmates’ families in fees for basic financial services.
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Pentagon Supplies School Districts with Assault Rifles, Grenade Launchers, M.R.A.P.'s
School districts nationwide are debating whether to keep their Pentagon-issued arsenals.
