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Time to Get Radical Before It's Too Late](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AJvgwiiFjr) [ From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Greta Thunberg, they are what’s left of our fighting chance.(Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images) ](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AJvgwiiFjr) by Bill McKibben No one should be annoyed when schoolkids start leaving class en masse or surprised that Green New Deal advocates call for dramatic overhaul of American society. We should be grateful. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Anti-Corruption Bill #HR1 Can Fix the US’ Broken Democracy](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AJvgwiiFjr) [True to form, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put a damper on the historic occasion by pledging to kill HR 1. 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