Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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“It’s An Honor to Arrest You”: Climate Civil Disobedience Goes On Trial in Duluth
Following three arrests of climate protesters at a Wells Fargo branch in Minnesota, the court's decision could hinge on whether there was a feasible “legal alternative” to civil disobedience in the struggle against climate injustice.
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For Low-Wage Workers, the Fight For 15 Movement Has Been a Boon
The Fight for 15 movement to raise minimum wages directly led to a collective $68 billion raise for 22 million low-wage workers in both the public and private sectors, according to a new analysis.
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Paris Riots: Prime Minister to Meet Protest Groups after Worst Unrest in Decade
President Macron is facing his biggest crisis yet since violence erupted Saturday following weeks of street protests that began against fuel taxes and have turned into an anti-government movement.
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UN Poverty Report Highlights British Government's Role Fuelling Inequality
Following his 2-week tour of the U.K., the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights slammed Britain's welfare-cutting policies as more are driven to poverty, hunger and homelessness.
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New Economic Model for the South: Ditch Corporate Welfare & Fund Agricultural Co-ops
More than 200 black-owned co-ops in the South have been established in the past 25 years, providing a model to alleviate poverty and widespread health problems like diabetes and malnutrition.
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Rebel Cities 16: Cape Town Housing Movement Uses Occupy Tactics to Battle Apartheid's Legacy
Conceived as a tenant and workers movement, Reclaim the City's first aim was to pressure the Cape Town government to turn publicly held land into social housing rather than sell it off to developers.
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Facts That Privileged Americans Don’t Want Us To Know
The following facts should have been reported by the mainstream media, but unfortunately most of that media is controlled by the very people who have reason to hide the facts.
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State of Emergency: Where the Healthcare and Migrant Crises Overlap
Amid the ongoing crisis over immigration – like the violent scenes taking place right now at the Tijuana border – immigrants in the U.S. often fail to receive the basic medical attention they need.
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Can the Blue Wave Deliver a Green New Deal?
The base is demanding a bold plan from the newly empowered Democrats – and the planet is crying out for it. But can they deliver?
