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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Vermont Votes for Public Banking
Fifteen towns approved a resolution that would establish a bank that works for people of Vermont, not Wall Street.
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Ten Examples of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations
Here are the top ten examples of corporate welfare and welfare for the rich.
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Five Strategies for the Next Great Progressive Push
We must move beyond tired ideas of "state capitalism" vs. "state socialism."
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A New Insurgency for a New Year
Millions of progressives who understood the tactical wisdom of supporting Obama’s re-election should now recognize that the time has come to renounce his leadership.
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Pennsylvania Greenlights Fracking on College Campuses
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett last week signed a bill authorizing schools to cut contracts with energy companies that will open the door for oil drilling, coal mining and fracking on college campuses across the state.
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How to Tax a Millionaire
French President François Hollande on Friday confronted the country's bankers, business leaders and wealth class with his bold announcement of a 75% "supertax" on the super rich to help cut the deficit.
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A New and Unusual Alliance Fights Tar Sands in Texas
In the tradition of forest defenders in the Northwest and mountain defenders in Appalachia, the Texas campaign to block the Keystone XL pipeline has embraced escalated direct action performed by people across the social and political spectrum.
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Green Presidential Candidate Arrested while Protesting Foreclosures
Jill Stein, the Green Party's 2012 presidential candidate, was charged with "defiant trespassing" for taking part in a bank sit-in to protest illegal foreclosures.
