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I’ve always known racism. I’ve always known bigotry. Often, they were my neighbors. I grew up in a conservative, rural, mostly white town. I had no choice but to be…

I’ve always known racism. I’ve always known bigotry. Often, they were my neighbors.

I grew up in a conservative, rural, mostly white town. I had no choice but to be conscious of the color of my skin and my Spanish last name. I was different.

Read the full article at the Seattle Times.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are either compassionate defenders of the environment and victims of unfair and unrelenting bullying by the media. Or they are like all the other rich and famous hypocrites who don’t always practice what they preach when it comes to making personal sacrifices to fight climate change.

Read the full article at Mercury News.

Owen argues that a carbon tax and dividend could cut carbon emissions while contributing to the general welfare, but the model is deeply flawed. Indeed, any carbon tax—whether the revenue is redistributed as dividend or not—would be both ineffective and regressive. We should shift our energies toward climate solutions that eliminate fossil fuels altogether.

Read the full article at In These Times.

The British press was quick to criticize Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the royal couple were photographed boarding a private jet in the south of France last week, reportedly making their fourth gas-guzzling journey in just 11 days.

Read the full article at Daily Beast.

About a week after Prince Harry faced criticism for being one of the world’s elite using a private jet to reach the climate change summit at Google Camp in Sicily, he and wife Meghan Markle flew by private plane to Spain for a family vacation with baby Archie.

Read the full article at Mercury News.

Netfa Freeman discusses the unique perspective of the Embassy Protection Collective’s work through the lens of the Black working class and their connection with Venezuela.

Read the full article at the Real News.

America may not be home to any rich royal families, but that doesn’t mean some families haven’t created their own sort of empire.

Read the full article at MSN.

As ecosystems around the world fall into death spirals and scientists cry out that the point of no return is upon us, a look at our justice systems highlights the pitfalls and fallacies in our thinking. For instance, did you know that your right to clean air, water, and food pales in comparison to the rights of a stack of papers? Next up, July 26th marked the 66th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Netfa Freeman joins us to talk about building solidarity, exchanging ideas and Afro-Cuban racial justice.

Read the full article at Free Speech TV.

U.S. Military Generals are worried that Russia and China might push the U.S. military out of Africa. An inside look from Huawei’s headquarters. New U.S. sanctions and political maneuvering against Venezuela violate the country’s sovereignty, Netfa Freeman from the Black Alliance for Peace joins us to discuss.

Read the full article at Watching the Hawks.

Earlier this year, Oxfam released data noting that the 26 richest people on earth in 2018 had the same net worth as the poorest half of the world’s population, some 3.8 billion people.

Read the full article at Forbes.