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Report: Pittsburgh Water Privatization Caused Lead Contamination, Skyrocketing Costs

"Water is — and always should be — a public good. Cutting corners and endangering the public to deliver profits for a private corporation is the height of greed and disregard for the people’s well-being."
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February 9, 2022
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Enduring Lessons from the Pittsburgh & Flint Water Crises

8 Years after Flint and more recently in Pittsburgh, we’re reminded of the dangers of water privatization and why we need to keep water as a public good.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Hear Us: The Climate Crisis Demands Race-Intentional Co-Governance

Grassroots organizers in Texas offer a blueprint for cementing equity into local recovery efforts.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Judge Jackson Is The Next Supreme Court Justice America Needs

Why the Senate should confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson without delay
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Taifa Smith Butler

New Report Details How Credit Card Companies Have Shifted the Cost of Credit to Those Least Able to Afford It

Washington, DC — Today in the United States, the credit card market is measured on a scale of billions. The amount of debt owed on credit cards in 2005 was $800 billion; $30 billion is how much lenders profit each year. Under the guise of "democratization" the federal government has deregulated the
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A New Administration

Despite all the barriers, our communities showed up for democracy. Here is what must come next.
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K. Sabeel Rahman