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Lessons Wealthy Britain Could Learn from Preston’s Worker-Centric Growth
A new economic model is afoot in the Lancashire city where government pumped funds into Preston-based businesses and encouraged the creation of cooperations owned and operated by workers.
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Rural Politics, Climate Change and the 2020 Elections, Part II
If a future President Sanders or Warren were able to take on Big Ag and implement programs to help small farmers and rural communities, it would shake up the politics of rural states and the country as a whole.
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Rural Politics, Climate Change and the 2020 Elections, Part I
The crises in rural America – economic, agricultural and climate – cry out for progressive policies and therefore open the door to connecting with large numbers of rural voters.
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Students From 1,600 Cities Walked Out of School Friday to Protest Climate Change
This strike followed the last co-ordinated event on March 15, which saw over 1.6 million people across 133 countries turn out at demonstrations according to organizers.
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Rebel Cities 25: Barcelona En Comú Reclaims the City and Reimagines the World
Barcelona's visionary popular party stands at the forefront of a global effort to remake the city in the interest of citizens and neighborhoods – through popular assemblies responding to the will of the people.
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Green Party Surges In Britain, Winning Hundreds of Seats Amid Climate Protests
The Tories and Labour lost badly in recent local elections as the Green Party gained 265 seats to emerge as one of the biggest winners – reflecting people's growing priority to save the planet.
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San Francisco Says No to Facial Recognition Software
The city is the first in the nation to ban the police and other municipal departments from using the technology.
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Americans Need More Bike Transit – And These Nonprofits Are Bringing It
Bike-focused nonprofits raise awareness about the environmental and health benefits that come with more biking transit – and they're also pushing cities to modernize their approach to transportation.
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Bernie Sanders Unveils 'A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education'
With his 10-point proposal to overhaul the nation's schools, the presidential hopeful said he aims to "guarantee every person in our country a quality education as a fundamental human right."
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Strikes by U.S. Workers Outpacing Rate in 2018
New strikes this month by hospital workers in Toledo, Ohio; teachers in Oregon, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina; and international strikes and protests by Uber and Lyft drivers are further galvanizing the labor movement.
