There’s No Green New Deal Without Police Abolition
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TOPICS: Imagine a future where Black and Brown children don’t have to breathe toxic air from steel smoke stacks spewing polluted particulates. Imagine a future without police with less crime and more safety. A future where there are enough jobs and housing for all.
This is the kind of radical imagination at the heart of the abolitionist climate movement. The U.S. spends billions on our police forces dollars that could go toward addressing the root causes of crime, such as poverty and mental health, and toward building sustainable infrastructure. We can build a better world by uprooting injustices at the source and by investing in what communities need to thrive. That’s what the Green New Deal proposes. Let’s create an economy that’s beneficial to the people and the planet.
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A leadership summit will soon be held in Fort Dodge that organizers hope will be a first step in creating real change when it comes to racial and cultural understanding.
The summit, called A Week in Dodge, will consist of a series of conversations and training centered around the issues of race, culture, diversity, racism, leadership and real change. It will feature nationally recognized speakers such as Eddie Moore Jr. and John G. Igwebuike.
The sessions will be held May 3 through May 6.
Charles Clayton, executive director of Athletics for Education and Success, is one of the speakers and helped organize the summit. He said even though more race-related incidents have come to light in recent times throughout the country, this educational opportunity has been in the works for the past few years.
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President Biden s Leaders Summit on Climate has wrapped up. The
event saw world leaders highlighting their countries
respective climate commitments, calling for collective action, and
attending breakout sessions designed to foster dialogue around
climate finance and technological innovation, among other topics.
After Vice President Harris and President Biden opened the summit,
Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered further introductory
remarks before the trio joined Climate Envoy John Kerry at a
horseshoe-shaped table to watch speeches from the world leaders in
attendance. Then fifteen additional cabinet heads, political
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