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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Act Out! [38] - Saddled dinosaurs, students rise up & green washed politics
First, since when did stupidity become so popular? I guess since dinosaurs wore saddles – yes, saddles. Next up, education is a right and it's time to stop treating students like customers at a luxury store.
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Acronym TV [47]: Black Lives Matter Meets The Golden Goose That Came Home To Roost + The Million Student March
Dave Zirin, the sports editor of The Nation, joins Dennis Trainor to discuss racial tension at the University of Missouri.
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Bernie Sanders Introduces $15 Minimum Wage Bill As Federal Contract Workers Strike
The bill, proposed by the presidential candidate and Democrats in the House, goes far beyond the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and makes it easier for federal workers to join a union.
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The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street
Nearly four years after the precipitous rise of Occupy Wall Street, the movement so many thought had disappeared has instead splintered and regrown into a variety of focused causes.
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California Senate Passes Minimum Wage Bill Boosting Pay to $13 An Hour
Under Senate Bill 3, which passed by a vote of 23-15, California’s minimum wage would rise to $11 an hour next year and $13 the year after – and begin increasing annually in 2019 based on inflation.
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As L.A. Joins $15 Movement, A Fascinating Minimum Wage Experiment Is About to Unfold
Some of the biggest cities in America are now defying decades of economic orthodoxy and challenging social norms that regarded low-wage jobs as unavoidable and acceptable.
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Democrats Push for $12 Minimum With "Raise the Wage Act"
Party leaders are rallying behind new legislation that would raise the wage to $12 an hour, well beyond the $10.10 effort that failed to pass when Democrats controlled the Senate.
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Fight for $15 Goes Global As U.S. Workers Launch Worldwide Protest
On Wednesday morning, the fastfood labor campaign is staging what organizers say will be its largest ever protest – spanning 40 countries and including actions in 200 U.S. cities demanding higher wages.
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As Low Wage Workers Take the Streets, A Unifying Coalition Takes Hold
Activists fighting for civil rights, gay rights, and a living wage are building the kinds of ties across their movements that can help each one achieve the goals around which their movements organized in the first place.
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Fight for 15 on 4/15: Low Wage Workers Prepare for Biggest Ever Nationwide Protests
In the wave of actions demanding higher wages on April 15, organizers say more than 60,000 people will join strikes and protests in 200 cities nationwide – with support actions in dozens of other countries.
