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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Police Believe a Journalist Was Killed for Reporting On Fraud in the Heart of Europe
Ján Kuciak, a 27-year-old investigative reporter, and his partner, Marina Kusnirova, were found dead in their apartment Sunday in a village east of the capital of Bratislava, after Kuciak's writing exposed tax evasion among Slovak elites.
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The Next Stage of Net Neutrality Conflict Begins
There are multiple fronts of struggle to make net neutrality a reality: Congress, the courts, states and communities.
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The Racist History of the 'Crisis Actor’ Attacks on Parkland School Shooting Survivors
61 years before teens in Parkland, Fla., survived a mass shooting only to be labeled “crisis actors,” nine African American teens who braved racist crowds to enroll in Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were also accused of being impostors.
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How We Fight Fascism
In 1923, the radical socialist and feminist Clara Zetkin warned that the longer the stagnation and rot of a dysfunctional democracy went unaddressed, the more attractive fascism would become. History has amply illustrated where our current trends lead.
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Stopping Europe's Authoritarian Slide Has As Much to Do With Spain As Poland
The Nazis marching on the streets of Poland look similar to the Nazis marching on the Spanish streets calling for "unity." The difference is this: In Spain there is no breakthrough for any anti-European party. Authoritarianism, rather, is coming from the ruling Partido Popular.
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State Insecurity: Why Are Top NSA Personnel Leaving In Droves?
The National Security Agency's attrition rate for science, math and technology specialists is 5.6 percent, and for hackers and cyberattack specialists it is as high as 9 percent. Some teams in the NSA have lost as much as half their staff. What's going on?
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After Surviving London's Grenfell Tower Disaster, Immigrants May Face Deportation
Undocumented migrants who survived the June blaze were offered an amnesty period of a year provided they applied before Jan. 31, 2018, but critics say the deadline was inadequately publicized and fearful residents now might not come forward with evidence.
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Surveillance in the Age of Trump: What Does FISA Reauthorization Mean for Our Privacy?
An amendment proposed by the House of Representatives would have added new privacy measures to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that shored up the rights of U.S. citizens. Unfortunately that didn't happen.
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Trump’s ‘Marching Orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a Grand Military Parade
Shows of military strength are not typical in the United States — and they don’t come cheap. The cost of shipping Abrams tanks and high-tech hardware to Washington could run in the millions, and military officials said it was unclear how they would pay for it.
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Almost Four Environmental Defenders A Week Were Killed in 2017
197 people were killed last year for defending land, wildlife or natural resources, new Global Witness data reveals.
