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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Revealed: Leaked Report Shows High Civilian Death Toll from CIA Drone Strikes
The secret Pakistani document obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism describes 147 civilian deaths, much higher than the U.S. administration has admitted to.
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No One Knows How to Stop These Tar Sands Oil Spills
Thousands of barrels of tar-sands oil have been burbling up into forest areas for at least six weeks in Cold Lake, Alberta, and it seems that nobody knows how to staunch the flow.
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Global Power Project, Part 7: Banking on Influence with Citigroup
Citigroup, the largest single recipient of US taxpayer bailout funds with some $476 billion in cash and guarantees, didn't just defraud investors: it foreclosed on hundreds of U.S. military members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Icelandic Democracy on the Screen: "Pots, Pans and Other Solutions"
Examining the little island with big direct democracy ideas, the documentary Pots, Pans and Other Solutions tells the story of Iceland’s reaction to the financial crash.
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The Great GMO Boycott: Could the World's Most Hated Corporation Finally Be On The Run?
The anti-GMO movement has identified Monsanto’s Achilles heel—GMO food labeling at the state level—and our common task now is to win the all-important Washington State ballot initiative I-522.
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Snowden Leaks Give New Life to Lawsuits Challenging N.S.A. Surveillance Programs
Cracks are appearing in a legal wall that since 9/11 has shielded the U.S. government's claim of constitutional authority from open-court review, as five lawsuits filed since the Snowden affair allege violations by the NSA surveillance program.
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Illinois Bill Seeks Financial Transaction Tax on $800 Trillion Derivatives Market
A Financial Transaction Tax would be easy to administer and difficult to evade. Why should the rest of us pay up to 10% on the necessities of life while risky derivative purchases aren't taxed at all?
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Battle for LICH Brooklyn Hospital Escalates
As the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, moves to close a 155-year-old hospital in downtown Brooklyn — and potentially sell it to a for-profit entity or a developer — could have national implications.
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America's Legacy of Racism and the Death of Trayvon Martin
Decades of white retrenchment led up to the moment that a bullet pierced Trayvon Martin’s heart -- and no matter what the prosecution, the defense, the jury or the defenders of George Zimmerman may think, racism was pivotal in his killing.
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Occupy Homes Resistance Grows Against Foreclosures in Minneapolis
Activists spearheaded an initiative called the Eviction Free Zone for neighborhoods in Minneapolis, where activists hunker down in foreclosed properties, warding off attempts by police and banks to change the locks.