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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The shadowy war on the press: How the rich silence journalists
They’re not only finding a willing audience, but also an effective way to recast the narrative, and in some cases smear the journalists they target.
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Appeals Court Hands Obama Administration Major Win In Net Neutrality Case
Under the law, broadband Internet providers “must treat all internet traffic the same regardless of source," dealing a punishing blow to telecom and cable companies that sought to overturn FCC regulations.
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Orlando Shooting Takes Place Amid "Crisis" Level of Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes
Authorities haven't called the shooting a hate crime, but it may be the deadliest attack against the LGBT community in U.S. history – and as President Obama noted Sunday, it is also the country's deadliest mass shooting to date.
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For Struggling Renters In New Orleans, Hope May Be Coming A Bit Late
Twenty-four-year old Stuart Marino, a finance major at University of New Orleans, spends more than 30 percent of his income on rent and utilities and doesn't have enough savings to cover a basic medical emergency.
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Weiner on Weiner: "This Is the Worst – Doing a Documentary On My Scandal"
This "Weiner" is a comedy of errors and a tragedy of modern proportions – sure, it’s head shakingly humorous and even eye rollingly awkward to see how far a man can dig his own grave, but it’s a sad state of affairs to do so, isn’t it?
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Basic Income Gathers Steam Across Europe
Barcelona: In the last few months basic income—an unconditional cash payment to every member of the population—has been getting more and more attention in the media and social networks. Three items are especially interesting.
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Trump acknowledges climate change —at his golf course
The billionaire who called global warming a hoax is now warning of its dire effects in his company's application to build a sea wall to protect Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland in County Clare.
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The TTIPing Point: German Protests Threaten Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal
Unprecedented protests of a scope not seen since the Iraq war in Germany have pushed negotiations over the Trans-Atlantic free trade agreement to a TTIPing point – and what some call the brink of collapse.
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Berta Cáceres, Honduran human rights and environment activist, murdered
The co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras was shot dead by gunmen who entered her home at around 1am on Thursday – barely a week after Cáceres was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project.
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Michael Moore: 10 Things They Won’t Tell You About the Flint Water Tragedy, But I Will
The media, which came to the story so late, can only process so much – but if you live in Flint or the State of Michigan as I do, you know all too well that what the greater public has been told about the water crisis only scratches the surface.
