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  • Broken By Design Part 24A: The Environmental Extraction – They Profit Today, We All Pay Forever

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    How Systems Are Rigged Against the Bottom 90% In 1977, Exxon’s own scientists warned executives that burning fossil fuels would cause catastrophic climate change. The company had some of the best climate research in the world. They knew. In 1988, they stopped their climate research program and started funding climate denial instead. Not because the…

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  • Broken By Design Part 8: The Education and Childcare Cliff: $1.8 Trillion in Debt + The Childcare Crisis That Starts It All

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    This is Part 8 in our series on systems rigged against the 90%. Part 1: Rankings | Part 2: Language | Part 3: Follow the Money | Parts 4-6: Healthcare | Part 7: Housing The Full Lifecycle of Extraction Have a baby: Need childcare to work → Costs $13,128/year (35% of single parent income) Kid turns 18: Need college to get good job → Graduate with…

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