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We Must Raise Labor Standards for Care Workers to Win a Low-Carbon Economy
Organizing and raising standards for care workers needs to be central to bringing labor and climate together.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Backs Bernie Sanders at Packed NYC Rally
Sanders also called Ocasio-Cortez a “fierce defender of the working class of our country.”
The New Deal Saved Capitalism. The Green New Deal Could Do Better.
The Green New Deal may come to embody a future more humane than what its ancestor imagined possible.
Taxing Financial Transactions Is More Strategic Than Taxing High Wealth
If we rely overwhelmingly on taxing a small group of super-rich people, they could simply renounce their citizenship.
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
The largest city in Michigan exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
Facing Climate Crisis, Senators Have Millions Invested in Fossil Fuel Companies
U.S. senators own as much as $14 million in fossil fuel stocks.
The Green New Deal Can Help Us Fight White Supremacy
A project of mass mobilization would provide us with a collective mission to heal a damaged Earth.
Youth Activists Tell Washington “We’re Coming for You” on Climate Change
The time to rebel is right now, say organizers of the Youth Climate Strike.
Labor and Climate Activists Are Teaming Up to Push for Green New Deal
With UAW workers on strike, reporter Steven Greenhouse addresses the future of American labor.
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key
We already have a realistic solution in the Green New Deal, we just lack the political will.