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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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance a Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda
A new report reveals the American Legislative Exchange Council has pushed more than six dozen bills this year in 34 states that oppose renewable energy standards, support fracking and undermine environmental laws.
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AFL-CIO and Organized Labor: Let’s Talk About Building a Movement
With unions facing a not-so-gradual decline toward irrelevance, leaders are having “a come-to-Jesus moment.”
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The Backyard Shock Doctrine
The Great Eviction: The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction
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America's Real Subversives: FBI Spying Then, NSA Surveillance Now
As the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington nears, let's not forget the history of agency overreach and abuse of power that occurred when the FBI doggedly pursued Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Manning Verdict Risks Freedom of the Press If the People Do Not Act
For a whistleblower who exposed war crimes and unethical government behavior to face a lengthy prison term while the people exposed are not even investigated shows how confused the United States has become.
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Why Fruitvale Station Should Be Required Viewing For All Americans
Fruitvale Station, the latest entry in a growing list of movies that may help spark a civil rights movement in America, shows what the struggle of being black in modern America looks like.
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"We Can't Survive on $7.25": Fast Food Workers Are Striking For a Living Wage
From St. Louis to New York, fast food workers took to the streets this week to demand a $15 wage and the right to unionize.
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Reporting from Raleigh: 9 Ways to Organize the Next Civil Rights Movement
North Carolina's Moral Monday protests — where nearly 1,000 have been arrested in just 12 weeks — could be a way for the South to become progressive again, while cultivating strong community leaders to run for local office.
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Worldwide GMO Labeling Laws
Breakdown of GMO Labeling Laws in Each Country. Dozens of major countries, including the BRIC nations and nearly all of Europe, have mandatory labeling laws for genetically modified (GM) foods. The U.S., Canada and Mexico do not. Is there a disconnect here?
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NSA Exposed: XKeyscore Program Collects "Nearly Everything A User Does On the Internet"
The top secret NSA tool allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals.
