Sanders Unveils $16 Trillion Green New Deal
Plan will create 20 million jobs and completely zero out planet-heating emissions by 2050. Read the story at the Huffington Post.
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We Can’t Confront Climate Change While Lavishly Funding the Pentagon
Every year the U.S. political system reflexively funds a world-dominating defense budget that directly benefits the oil industry, client states and the entire hydrocarbon-based economy. Read the article at TruthOut.
Amazon on Fire
Indigenous rights can help put it out. Read the original story at The Boston Globe.
Regenerative Agriculture
Key for a sustainable climate and food system. Read the original story at Yes! Magazine.
The Rights of Wild Rice
The Rights of Manoomin are modeled after the Rights of Nature, recognized in courts and adopted internationally for the last decade. Read the story at In These Times.
The Answer Isn’t ‘Self-Care’—It’s Unionizing
Eating a salad isn’t going to fix the systemic problems at your workplace, nor will getting a massage give you a voice on the job, or increase your paycheck. Read the article at In These…
Health Insurance Companies Are Useless— Get Rid of Them
Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts were among only four Democratic presidential candidates who advocated abolishing private health insurance during the first round of debates. Read more at the Los Angeles…
The AMA Gets Out of the Way of #MedicareForAll
The American Medical Association has quietly pulled out of a lobbying group that seeks to undermine the growing support for Medicare For All. Read the original article at Our Future.
Big Data’s Threat to Democracy
Our data doesn’t really belong to us, it belongs to the commons. Read the original story on Asia Times.
Pentagon Tests Radar-Equipped Spy Balloons
A dystopian surveillance state is being built in plain sight. Read the original story on Common Dreams.