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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A Holiday Note to Congress: Half of Your Country is In or Near Poverty
Congress should be filled with guilt — and shame — for failing to deal with the enormous wealth disparities that are turning our country into the equivalent of a 3rd-world nation.
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Five Hypocrisies Shine A Light On American "Exceptionalism"
Super-patriots are more than willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people – the only question may be which of their self-serving hypocrisies is most outrageous and destructive.
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In Fight for $15, This Strategist Is Going To War To Make McDonald's Pay
Scott Courtney, who is helping steer the low wage movement through the SEIU and union channels, says "this is about lifting up the 64 million American workers who aren’t making enough to live on.”
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The Green Alternative: Prez Candidate Jill Stein On What It Will Take To Win In 2016
"The public is really hungry for a politics of integrity – and that’s what we’ve got and they don't."
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Bucking Economic "Recovery," Living Wage Disparity Shows Rising Inequality In Britain
Despite some economic recovery, nearly 5.3 million Brits are paid less than a living wage.
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San Francisco's Living Wage Movement Unveils New "Workers Bill of Rights"
The city's labor-friendly bills, recently introduced by progressive city supervisors, would give part-time employees the opportunity to work more hours with greater predictability from one week to the next.
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Minimum Wage Increase “Would Give Me the Chance To Spend Time With My Son and Be A Mother Again”
“It doesn’t make sense that I work hard, help the restaurant make money and yet I can’t eat there or support my family on just one job. This is not the America that I believe in."
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"Walmart Moms" Walk Off In 20 Cities Demanding Better Pay and Conditions
Strikes in 20 cities come as new report says top Walmart bosses received $104 million in taxpayer subsidies over six years.
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In Supersized Revolt, Fast Food Worker Strikes Have Ignited Across The World
As fast food workers struck in 158 U.S. cities Thursday and solidarity protests sprang up in 36 other countries, here's a look back at how the cause grew from a handful of people to a globe-spanning movement.
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Move Over, D.C: The Minimum Wage Fight Is Going Local Across the Nation
From San Diego and L.A. to cities across the Bay Area, and from South Dakota to Arkansas, policy makers are looking to raise local wage floors, reflecting the growing economic insecurity of working families.
