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.
Jeff Merkley
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Green Tuesday: Oregon and Alaska Legalize Growing and Selling Marijuana
The marijuana legalization train has left the station.
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Move Over Mainstream: This Is What New Populism Looks Like
Occupy Wall Street provided the first volleys, but we'll need much more popular education and greater popular mobilization to grow a movement.
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Is Washington Feeling the Stirrings of A Mainstream Populist Movement?
Populism, by definition, doesn’t trickle down from the top but spreads as a bottom up movement that elevates its own leaders. And we’ve only begun, as Elizabeth Warren illustrates, to debate Wall Street, big banks and the casino economy.
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In Swing Vote on Syria, A Dozen Liberal Senators Are the Decisive Block
Some Democratic senators who’ve cultivated progressive reputations nationwide haven’t hesitated to dive into Obama’s war tank. Will others do the same?
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Monsanto Protection Act May Soon be Repealed Thanks to Activism
A United States Senator is expected to try to repeal the law after mounting public pressure.
