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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Revealed: American Chemistry Council Is Smothering Toxic Reform Bills in the States
Fueled by this $100-million-a-year advocacy group glittered with Fortune 500 partners, the chemical industry is flexing its muscles from statehouse to statehouse to beat back efforts at harmful chemical disclosures.
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"The 99%: Occupy Everywhere," Narrated By Lou Reed, Launches Next Week
This award-winning film documents how private money in politics has undermined democracy and transferred income from 99% of Americans to multinational corporations and the wealthy.
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Money In Politics: Democratic Super PACs Are Crushing Conservatives in 2013
Liberal-aligned super PACs raised more than $40 million in the first half of 2013 — double the amount raised by conservative super PACs.
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What Are Exxon, Shell And ConocoPhillips Doing With Their Billions In Q2 Profits? Lobbying, Of Course
Three of the five Big Oil companies released second quarter profits last week, raking in a combined $11.4 billion this quarter for a total of $31 billion on the year.
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Three Demands to Congress: Student Loans, Glass-Steagall & a Financial Transaction Tax
People rule in a democracy. Not Wall Street, not banks, not money. This is something apparently forgotten by Congress.
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Investigation: Tar Sands, ALEC and the Obstruction of Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
The American Legislative Exchange Council recently adopted a “model” bill from an oil-industry lobby group that would limit states' ability to negotiate “low-carbon fuel standards” designed to reduce the carbon output of transport fuels.
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Frackademic Scandal: University of Tennessee to Lease Forest For Drilling, Enriching Governor's Family
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and his industry-connected family stand to gain windfall profits when 8,600 acres of UT-Knoxville's Cumberland Forest gets leased this August to be fracked and drilled.
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Getting Money Out Of Politics: Delaware Becomes 15th State Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
Eight in ten Americans oppose the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allows unlimited corporate spending on U.S. elections. Delaware is the latest state to demand to Congress step in and overturn it.
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Revealed: "Monsanto Protection Act" Trumps U.S. Government
Monsanto snuck a "rider" last week into the latest Senate agricultural legislation, giving the biotech giant blanket immunity from USDA action to halt potentially harmful GMO crops.
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The Incestuous Relationship Between Bankers, Business and Congress
The revolving door between Wall Street and Washington — where the same people who run our banks and financial institutions also run our government — has reached an intolerable level. This is not democracy: this is an incest fest.
