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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Income Inequality Reaches New High In Germany
The divide between rich and poor in Germany is increasing, with fewer Germans advancing out of poverty compared to 20 years ago.
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Escalating the War on Low-Income Families
It may not improve much next year, if House Republicans have their way.
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Act Out! [76] - Prison Break-Up, Olympic Losers & The Solution for Climate Change & Job Loss
This week: The DOJ announced that they're breaking up with private prisons.
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2020 Vision: Four Steps to Get There
People with money and power are still appalled by the notion of a popular democracy. But something is different now, as the American majority are better able to communicate and unify in pursuit of a progressive nation.
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The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
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For Struggling Renters In New Orleans, Hope May Be Coming A Bit Late
Twenty-four-year old Stuart Marino, a finance major at University of New Orleans, spends more than 30 percent of his income on rent and utilities and doesn't have enough savings to cover a basic medical emergency.
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CEO Pay In 2015: When a $468,449 Raise Is Typical
CEOs at the biggest companies got a 4.5 percent pay raise last year. That's almost double the typical American worker's.
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Disposable Americans: The Numbers are Growing
After 35 years of wealth distribution to the super-rich, inequality has forced much of the middle class towards the bottom, to near-poverty levels, and to a state of helplessness in which they find themselves being blamed for their own misfortunes.
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Cracks in Capitalism, Part III: "The Divide" Shows Inequality On the Big Screen
Katharine Round’s new documentary, "The Divide," adds substantially to the debate around inequality as it explains in clear terms how our 35-year experiment in neoliberalism has failed spectacularly.
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Wealth Belongs To All Of Us – Not Just To The Rich
As a white male, everything I have is a gift of the system.
