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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60 Minutes and the Billionaire Agenda
Journalist Lesley Stahl's segment about the adoption of military counterinsurgency techniques by U.S. police forces failed to mention that Stahl sits on the board of the Peterson Foundation, which heavily favors U.S. police militarization.
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Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (So-Called Trade) Deal
Like a supersized NAFTA, the TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws on environmental health and citizens’ rights. Here’s why we shouldn’t let it pass without a fight.
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Corporations in the Fast Lane
If a corporation is a person, and if people own corporations, then that means people are commodities. And our constitution explicitly says that no one person can own another person.
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Vermont House Passes GMO Labeling Bill Ahead of Global March Against Monsanto
Vermont took a decisive step in favor of GMO labeling ahead of the worldwide March Against Monsanto set for May 25.
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Elizabeth Warren is Banking on Students
The Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, introduced last week by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, gives students the same low interest rates offered to banks.
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Teenagers, Social Media, Terrorism — and the Price for a "Free Society"
Authorities are leaning toward zero tolerance of teenagers who fling around online threats about acts of violence or terrorism, and what might have once merited a slap on the wrist may today result in criminal charges.
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The Fix Is In: Obama Did It for the Money
The love fest between Barack Obama and his top fundraiser Penny Pritzker that has led to her being nominated as Commerce secretary would not be so unseemly if they both just confessed that they did it for the money.
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Thousands of Israelis March Against Austerity Measures
2,000 people marched in Tel Aviv against new finance minister's proposed tax rises and spending cuts.
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Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker? What’s next? Labor Secretary Donald Trump? SEC Chairman Bernie Madoff? The president's latest high-level appointments — boosting corporate power and shafting the public — are despicable.
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Defanging Dodd-Frank To Protect Wall Street Vampires
The House Committee on Financial Services passed a package of bills that would overturn derivatives regulations set in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
