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Bid to restore felons’ voting rights draws broad support
A bill that seeks to restore voting rights for certain felons is drawing diverse support from groups including the Washoe County Public Defender’s Office. Read More -
WV Supreme Court: No Pipeline Surveys for Private Gain
West Virginia property owners won an important case at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday when that Court sided with Appalachian Mountain Advocates attorneys, ruling that the Mountain Valley Pipeline cannot survey for its proposed natural gas pipeline without landowner permission. Read More -
Medicare for All: Give Me Healthcare or Give Me Death
Where are the screams about those death panels now? As Trump-Bannon-Ryan and friends craft their healthcare path forward with the leaders of the swamp team, no one is crying “foul” about the bold, proud creation of those famed death panels. Read More -
Nevada OKs the ERA: 'This bill is about equality. Period'
Forty-five years to the day after Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, Nevada became the first state in 40 years to approve the provision that would enshrine women’s rights in the U.S. Constitution. Read More -
How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill
What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on the arcana of U.S. fiscal policy would have a direct and immediate impact on his weakening body. The point was for them to see his frailties, hear the catches in his voice and the kludginess of his diction. Read More
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End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons'
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed…
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The Charlotte police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott will not be charged. In a news conference on Wednesday, R. Andrew…
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In my previous column, I promised to take up the topic of the historical roots of the continuing mistrust between…
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As his family and community prepare to bury Terence Crutcher on Saturday, the students of a Tulsa middle school -…
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"You have a company using profits from the sale of what has been called 'the most potent and dangerous opioid…
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Few were surprised on Dec. 7, 2015, when U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a civil rights investigation of the…
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The United States houses 25% of the world's inmates despite having only 5% of the world's population. This fact prompted…
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Inglewood, CA — On Sunday, police responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle parked on Manchester Boulevard around 3:10…
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Acclaimed "The New Jim Crow" author and Ohio State University professor Michelle Alexander, one of the first to draw the…
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The 12-year-old boy died at a hospital, where he was taken by ambulance after he was shot by a police…
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There is little doubt that the Black Lives Matter era of protests will be branded as a millennial moment. But…
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In wake of latest deaths, protesters say to Mayor Rahm Emanuel: 'You failed us before, but now's your time to…
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If asked what state has the highest incarceration rate of Black people, most people would likely cite Mississippi, Alabama or…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year.
The chief of the agency stepped down in April under a…
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As states across the country are relaxing their marijuana laws and federal lawmakers consider doing the same, at least one…
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Image of police at protest pointing weapon at son of congressman Keith Ellison goes viral
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After years of Americans being locked up in historic numbers, bipartisan wheels in Congress are turning toward reform.
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The New England Conference of United Methodist Churches voted this past Saturday on a resolution declaring that the Christian thing…
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Black and brown girls are first victimized and then punished, often in connection with sexual violence that has been perpetrated…
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Two Mississippi cannabis reform organizations have joined forces to end marijuana prohibition in their state, and if successful will pull off one…
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A series of votes on the Justice Department appropriations bill attempt to rein in the rogue agency.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reports 2.2 million people are in our nation's jails and prisons and another 4.5…
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The photo shows two white Chicago Police officers posing with an unidentified black man. The officers — Timothy McDermott and Jerome…
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Ray Charles Staten Sr. should have celebrated his 60th birthday this month. Instead, his family marked the fourth anniversary of…
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The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America, Naomi Murakawa, Oxford University Press, 2014
Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in…
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The dean of the law school at the University of the District of Columbia urged students to take part in…
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Ruthlessly wielding its power over those who dared to take to the streets to challenge it, Baltimore judges and other…
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Thousands marched—mostly peacefully—in cities including Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C.
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Demonstrators still seeking answers over the mysterious and troubling death of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal injury while…
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Seizing on the growing backlash against police brutalization and discriminatory mass incarceration, people across the country on Tuesday took to…
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Back in June, Seattle resident Oscar Perez Giron committed the most minor of crimes, and ended up dead.
When fare enforcement…
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In 2004, Sean Bailey recalls, he was driving through the streets of St. Louis County en route to a party,…
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When a community issues arrest warrants for more offenses than it has residents, something's deeply wrong.
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In a letter to be presented to the White House today, nearly 200 civil rights, faith-based organizing, criminal justice,…
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March 5 marks an important but oft-overlooked anniversary. On a winter’s day 245 years ago, in the year 1770, an…
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It was exactly three years ago today that Trayvon Martin made the fatal mistake of putting on his hoodie and…
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Marijuana is already legal in four states and DC, and 23 states have medical marijuana. Now, a pair of federal…
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A sentence handed down this week in Dothan, Alabama, raises questions about fairness and justice. And race. A Cowarts, Alabama,…
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Girls of color face much harsher school discipline than their white peers but are excluded from current efforts to address…
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NC State Representative Rodney Moore (99th district), plans to introduce the Probation of Discrimination Bill “mid-February.” The name of the bill…
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A New York City police officer has been indicted in the shooting death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, law enforcement sources…
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Phillip Agnew isn’t trying to make history; he’s just heeding its call. As the head of the Florida-based Dream Defenders,…
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Supporters for marijuana legalization say that the city of Hamilton’s proposal to ban medical marijuana sales throughout its limits ahead…
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On May 16, 2010, a Detroit SWAT team raided the home of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones. As officers entered the home,…
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The ‘leaderless’ movement is being propelled by the efforts of women of color.
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Roughly 20 to 30 protesters staged a “die in” in the Longworth House Office Building cafeteria Wednesday afternoon to bring…
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The recent killing of two New York City police officers can’t be allowed to silence the movement against police brutality.…
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Prisons employ and exploit the ideal worker. Prisoners do not receive benefits or pensions. They are not paid overtime. They…
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Minnesotans protesting police violence and institutional racism could face "staggering" fees and criminal charges for a protest at Mall of…
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The movement challenging the criminal justice system's treatment of black people continues to build this week. On Monday morning, Bay…
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A Gary native whose son was fatally shot by police last month in Tennessee was among more than three dozen…
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The House Republican who could end up undoing a District of Columbia voter referendum to legalize marijuana has a blunt…
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Some of you may remember the Kerner Commission, but many younger members of our audience probably will not. The Kerner…
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On the morning of Aug. 29, the body of Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a noose fastened to a…
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Wednesday night, a grand jury in New York City refused to indict police officers in the killing of Eric Garner,…
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The grand jury has made its decision. Darren Wilson is no longer a police officer. The protests, in Ferguson, Missouri,…
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Long troubled and tenuous, the relationship between police departments and African-American communities is now toxic, and its repercussions may be…
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In today’s economy, overwhelming debt is an unfortunate reality for millions of Americans. From credit card debt to mortgage debt…
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At 1:01 PM on Monday afternoon thousands of individuals—a large portion of whom are college and high school students—stopped what…
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In an announcement today, the White House has pledged $263 million in new federal funding for police training and body…
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Hundreds of protesters in Missouri have a begun a week-long long march organised by the National Association for the Advancement…
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What can be done to prevent more police killings like the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri? What can…
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For Michael Brown, the stereotypes that Darren Wilson believed proved to be deadly.
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Ferguson is ground zero for all Americans who are interested in a vision of social justice that transcends anything we…
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The events in Ferguson, Missouri this past week have been both shocking and traumatizing. We are a nation at war…
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An indictment of the Ferguson police officer who killed Michael Brown would not prove that black lives matter in America.
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When it comes to racially lopsided arrests, the most remarkable thing about Ferguson, Mo., might be just how ordinary it…
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When major strides are made in criminal justice reform—as just happened in California with the passage of Proposition 47, a…
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Can it be that simple? Has America’s long standing history of racism caught up with us? Has the south risen…
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As part of the American Civil Liberties Union’s recent report on police militarization, the Massachusetts chapter of the organization sent…
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Marijuana reform advocates score big on Tuesday, with full legalization measures approved by voters in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, DC
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'This historic vote demonstrates support to advance a public safety strategy beyond incarceration to include treatment and prevention.'
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When her daughter was first incarcerated in Arizona's Perryville State Prison, "Rae" sent her money orders bought at the local…
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Corrections is the ultimate human service—and it can be done more cheaply and more effectively without locking so many people…
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From the War on Drugs to the militarization of police, these deeply unsettling milestones got us where we are
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"Every day that Michael Brown doesn't receive justice, we are reminded that it's open season on black lives in Ferguson.…
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When Colorado and Washington State legalized pot for recreational use, those who supported it had a lot of reasons. It’s…
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A Department of Justice letter sent to the Police Chief Tom Jackson of Ferguson, Missouri on Friday instructed all officers…
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The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Mississippi, and the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center filed a class…
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More than 3,000 Ferguson residents have registered since August 9. In a new development that many activists believe could spark a…
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There's a lot we know about the death of Michael Brown and its aftermath, but many questions remain unanswered.
It’s been…
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Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their…
- Profiteers and their political allies don’t give up the ship without mobilizing all their resources for the fight. They will…
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Profiteers and their political allies don’t give up the ship without mobilizing all their resources for the fight. They will…
- More than 3,000 Ferguson residents have registered since August 9. In a new development that many activists believe could spark a…
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A federal jury decided Thursday that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer used excessive force in the 2011 death of a man…
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As I watch the events in Ferguson Missouri I can't help but think about my own time in law enforcement…
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Amnesty International has sent monitors to the scene. Palestinians are tweeting advice on how to cope with tear gas. Tibetan…
End Racism and Discrimination
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"These disasters drag into the light exactly who is already being thrown away," notes Naomi Klein
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples.
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For those of us who were in Charlottesville on August 12th, nothing will ever be the same. We learned that…
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As tensions grow in North Dakota, with multiple eviction orders facing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their battle against…
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As more and more signs point towards the government trying to strong-arm Dakota Access Pipeline protectors and activists in the…
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The ongoing crisis has left the city without safe drinking water for over two years, but the state claims water…
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In a follow-up of its letter to leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes, the U.S.…
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In response to the altogether shocking announcement the Army Corps of Engineers will be evicting water protectors from the Oceti…
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The US senator from New Jersey also wants the Justice Department to send federal authorities to the protest site to…
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Together, the Labor Coalition for Community Action, which includes the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance,…
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Following Saturday’s brutal attack on peaceful protesters by private security mercenaries and vicious guard dogs acting on behalf of Dakota…
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A North Dakota federal court has prohibited indigenous tribes from protesting the Bakken pipeline on their own reservations.
Dakota Access, a…
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Lately, the public discourse around immigrants in the United States has turned decisively negative. From anti-Muslim sentiments to outlandish accusations…
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To date, over 25,000 children in Flint, Michigan, have been exposed to lead contamination from the city’s water supply. How…
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The city of Flint, Snyder's top legal aide wrote in October 2014, “should try to get back on the Detroit…
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New emails reveal that top advisers knew about problems with Flint water as far back as 2014, reinvigorating calls that…
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A nearly $1 billion settlement between the Obama administration and Native American tribes has been settled over claims the government…
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Public health expert argues for temporary resettlement to protect children from further risk of poisoning
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This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and…
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As affected families pack halls and overflow rooms in Congress, people want to know why Governor Snyder is hiding
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Academic pressure and financial motives has prohibited scientists from asking important questions
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In their hasty scramble to blame the Flint water crisis on anything — anything at all — other than the…
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The Clinton family likes to portray themselves as champions of black Americans. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Going…
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Residents and advocacy organizations are seeking outside intervention, and a complete overhaul of the state government
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Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will push to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan as part of a bipartisan…
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While the state government mobilizes a massive response to the water crisis in Flint, handing out bottled water and filters…
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Not only is the Michigan government poisoning residents, but now they are threatening to take their children for not paying…
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The lead poisoning of children in Flint is only the latest example of environmental racism in the U.S.
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The leader of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon plans to have a ceremony Saturday for…
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Armed militants at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge continue to damage both the delicate ecosystem of the refuge and archeological sites…
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Details of how Flint’s water was contaminated, and of how pleas for help were neglected, are leading to calls…
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While Michigan’s Republican governor Rick Snyder and his administration may have poisoned the entire city of Flint’s water supply by electing…
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To poison all the children in an historic American city is no small feat'
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Gov. Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency for Flint and Genesee County Tuesday as a result of the contaminated drinking…
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In the quiet week between Christmas and New Year's Day, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality chief Dan Wyant resigned, followed…
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The name of JEB Stuart High School should be changed because “along with the name, comes a history of racism,…
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If elected each one of six possible Republican candidates have promised to sign a bill within their first 100 days…
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Michigan state officials insisted that the water supply in Flint was safe even though they knew an unusual number of…
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Four centuries ago, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape were spread along the coasts of what is now New Jersey and Delaware.
“They encountered…
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Moments before going to trial, members of the “Homrich 9” — so-called because they intentionally blocked the entrance of a…
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As of Saturday, Rev. Edward Pinkney has been "segregated" (i.e. placed in solitary confinement and isolated from other prisoners and…
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A jury trial is underway in Detroit for human rights activists arrested for blocking trucks which were going to cutoff…
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Twenty years ago, there was a gathering of men in the U.S. Capital to address the exact issues that Black,…
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A movement to change the name of a high school honoring Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart has gained support from Hollywood,…
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At the start of the year, a group of 57 Native Americans students from the Lakota tribe were taken to…
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I was recently in Orlando, Florida, a few weeks after the brutal murder of nine African-American members of the historic…
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When the Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina statehouse Friday morning, Gov. Nikki Haley spoke solemnly of the…
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The tiny town of Whiteclay, Nebraska sits outside the Pine Ridge Reservation. Boasting a population of 12, it exists only to…
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The “Respond With Love” campaign was put together by three Muslim organizations to raise money for black churches that have…
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Early on Saturday morning a black activist took matters into her own hands by scaling the flagpole at South Carolina's…
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In Detroit, safety is a privilege enjoyed by the white and wealthy.
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Some white people may be sitting on the sidelines out of discomfort over making faux pas – but they may…
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A fire that engulfed a small, predominantly black church in Charlotte was set on purpose, local officials said Wednesday. Now…
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The Confederate Flag means different things to different people. It symbolizes and expresses thought, so it is protected by the…
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that he will phase out a state-sponsored license plate featuring an image of the…
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To win its eminent domain suit, Missoula must prove that it is the best manager of its drinking water.
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A drought has forced Californians to ask themselves how much water their lawns and gardens truly need.
A money shortage has…
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A couple of dozen protesters rallied outside City Hall on Monday to call on officials to reverse a decision to…
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At the end of March, Baltimore city officials announced that they would be turning off the water supply to a…
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Starting this week, 25,000 households in Baltimore will suddenly lose their access to water for owing bills of $250 or…
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Last week, in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club at Cobo Center, former Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr told…
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A simmering water war is about to come to a boil over the fate of historic, well-loved public reservoirs in…
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"Here, Whirlpool controls not only Benton Harbor and the residents, but also the court system itself. They will do anything…
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The fight in Benton Harbor is a war, it’s not a conflict. It’s a war over whether America will have…
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Rev. Edward Pinkney, the 66-year-old community activist who has battled for decades on behalf of the mostly Black population of…
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In the new Detroit, a small number of wealthy residents are protected by private security and constant surveillance while the…
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Newly-approved Plan of Adjustment means sacrificing pensions, healthcare, city services, they say
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Despite mass protests, the emergency management water shutoffs in Detroit have resumed, even as UN experts publish a press release…
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The people of Detroit are vowing resistance after a federal bankruptcy judge on Monday ruled that the city can continue…
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Saying there is no such thing as a legal right to clean running water, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes dismissed a…
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Racism does not only come in the form of bullets fired by a police officer. Detroit’s socio-political problems are furthered…
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A new mass rally in Detroit is planned for Friday, August 29, the day the state-enforced city bankruptcy trial begins.…
Peace and Diplomacy
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This is the first real chance to stop the U.S. killing in at least one of the too many countries…
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Skeptical senators have forced a Thursday vote on a small part of the president’s $110 billion agreement. They’re cautiously optimistic.
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In an interview with Reuters conducted a month after he took office, Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. had “fallen…
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The CODEPINK Tribunal taking place December 1 and 2, and live streamed by The Real News, is a historic collection of testimonies about the lies…
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Hillary Clinton’s loss was a shock to the purveyors of U.S. military hegemony, who saw in her an easier path…
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By next week, Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen will have continued for a year and a half. In that time…
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Strikes in northern Yemen on Saturday reportedly killed two children and first responders as US-backed coalition continues 'disturbing' strikes
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President Obama is facing a dilemma over legislation allowing the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S.…
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Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels has created a humanitarian crisis, with opposition finally emerging in Congress to…
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Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) led a bipartisan group of 64 Members of Congress in sending…
- Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA], Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI], and Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC] are circulating the…
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Since 2001, terrorism and instability have increased wherever the U.S. has intervened militarily. We call on the President and Congress…
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The Obama administration's final Pentagon budget calls for quadrupling spending on efforts to counter Russia.
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In November 2015 I traveled to Syria with an International Peace delegation. This was my third visit to Syria in…
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As the new year begins, we are more than 15 months into military operations against ISIL, and Congress has yet…
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"On National Security: We do that in the last few months we've had an airliner blown up - apparently by…
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After 14 years of War on Terror the West is great at fomenting barbarism and creating failed states.
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U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) continued her harsh criticisms of the Obama administration's foreign policy, saying actions against the Islamic State group…
Zero Climate Emissions
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry, author of Every Day is Extra, predicted that “lives will be lost” due to…
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Announcement at climate summit comes after former US secretary of state John Kerry warns that international action is slowing
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While celebrating the win, activists noted that "construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continues in other parts of the Atchafalaya…
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"No more half-measures," warns prominent climate author and activist
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As President-elect Donald J. Trump considers whether to break the United States commitment to the Paris climate accord, the rise…
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Though water protectors have held their ground at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline for months now, they need…
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West Virginia property owners won an important case at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday when that…
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Ta’u, America Samoa – In what is a sure sign of things to come, Tesla and SolarCity have wired an…
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Lycoming County, PA — On Friday, a broken pipeline in Pennsyvlvania dumped 55,000 gallons of gasoline into the Susquehanna River.
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Fifteen of the sixteen hottest years ever recorded have occurred during this new century, and the near-unanimous scientific consensus attributes…
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Supporters of nuclear power like to argue that nukes are the key to combatting climate change. Here’s why they are…
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With Big Oil behind it, the government has sought to dismiss the case, which has been called 'the most important…
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While the government scrambles to decide if indigenous peoples have a right to the land they’ve inhabited for eons, a…
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Since an Alabama mine worker first alerted Colonial Pipeline officials to a massive rupture, more than a quarter million gallons…
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This year’s massive buildup of resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline follows closely on the heels of the victory over…
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The Obama administration said it would not authorize construction on a critical stretch of the Dakota Access pipeline, handing a…
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Last weekend in Orlando the platform committee of the Democratic Party added language into their platform acknowledging the official position…
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Missouri’s Department of Transportation is planning an innovative reworking of historic Route 66 — an undetermined section of ‘America’s Highway’…
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Today, Earth Day, marks the first anniversary of the Protect Our Public Lands Act (POPLA), federal legislation introduced by Reps.…
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US energy giant ExxonMobil is facing an onslaught from environmentalists and some shareholders alleging it hid what it knew about…
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No issue reveals more clearly the flaws of the U.S. political-economic system than global warming. Greed and corporate power dominate…
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As Peabody Energy teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, edging toward a Chapter II reorganization that will most likely allow…
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We are fast approaching February 29th, the beginning of the 2016 Leap Year. Every four years we add a day…
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KALOKOL, Kenya — The lake that Philip Tioko relies on for survival is a fine turquoise strip that seems to…
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'We can think of few better responses to violence and terror than this movement's push for peace and hope.'
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The nation’s mayors released a new survey report showing how cities are deploying solar electricity systems, LED lighting and low-energy…
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Four years ago, the author and climate activist Bill McKibben published a seminal article in Rolling Stone called "Global Warming's…
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'Owning ExxonMobil stock is not a business Vermont should be in,' declared Gov. Peter Shumlin during State of the State…
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Lawmakers have agreed to lift the four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports as part of a spending and tax package…
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If you were wondering how seriously world leaders took the obligations they imposed on themselves in Paris over the weekend,…
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has suffered the loss of another major corporate sponsor, the Guardian reported Tuesday, with the electric utility…
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But instead of taking up the challenge of climate change, Republicans are threatening to shut down the government.
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At a sunrise ceremony on the Canal de la Villette in central Paris, representatives of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku…
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Women have been severely underrepresented at high levels of policymaking around global environmental concerns.
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Study peels back green façade uncovering hollow PR, disastrous environmental track record and destructive lobbying
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Study peels back green façade uncovering hollow PR, disastrous environmental track record and destructive lobbying
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Today, more than 15 advocacy groups gathered outside of the nation’s Capitol, with Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-2) and Rep. Jan…
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'People are ready for a deeper, much more systemic critique and much more grassroots, radical solutions,' says film's director Avi…
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has a new plan to combat climate change: sue fossil fuel companies for fraud.
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He warns of “synthetic agrotoxins” harming birds and insects and “bioaccumulation” from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies…
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Sign the petition Get the Kochs off the Board of the Smithsonian.
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21 May 2015: During the Business & Climate Summit, a key event of Climate Week Paris, leaders of major businesses…
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Under banners proclaiming “Healthy Planet & Good Jobs,” thousands of trade unionists from 75 local and national unions, highly visible…
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Environmental advocacy must start representing the country we live in – a country where Asian and Latino families are the…
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This upcoming weekend at the University of the District of Columbia Law School, Bill McKibben, Dr. Michael Dorsey, Lester Brown,…
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Europe continues to lead the world on climate action as Australia lags further behind. This week the European Parliament has…
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United Houma Nation renews fight for federal recognition in the face of sinking lands and environmental disasters
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The fossil fuel industry is condemning us to climate disaster. We must restructure the world energy usage and embark on…
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If it wasn’t about the future of the planet, I’d laugh at the chutzpah. One day after Earth Day, the…
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Congressmembers Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, both Democrats, have made no secret of their strong opposition…
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UPDATE, 11:39 a.m.: All three protesters arrested at the University of Mary Washington on Wednesday evening were released, each on a…
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SHORTLY AFTER University of Mary Washington students began their sit-in in front of President Hurley’s office a member of the…
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With reports released this week exposing Harvard University's enormous carbon footprint, students, alumni, faith leaders, and community members are amplifying…
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AUSTIN, Texas – The boom in West Texas wind-powered electricity generation has delivered a major economic boost to the region,…
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A North Carolina minister and an environmental watchdog have sent a letter to Duke Energy President and CEO Lynn Good,…
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A Reverend quietly walked on stage at the Brookhaven College Sustainability Summit last Thursday. Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. wore the…
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Four years ago, a handful of college students travelled to West Virginia. In the heart of the Appalachian mountains, they…
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The Tennessee Senate passed a bill last week that, if approved, would broadly ban mass transit projects in the region,…
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Following the progress made under the Millennium Development Goals, which guided global development efforts in the years 2000-2015, the world’s…
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“Zero emissions is an ambitious but achievable goal.” —UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Governors seeking billions of dollars in U.S. preparedness funds will have to sign off on plans to mitigate effects of…
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Here are five reasons from an evangelical Christian climate scientist.
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He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a…
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Leaders of the "Green The Church" movement launched a new effort this week to help 1,000 African-American congregations take action…
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The most striking recent development to emerge from UN climate negotiations is the growing consensus that within a generation the…
- Is abrupt climate change already here? There are some serious scientists who believe it is already here. If their analysis is…
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Dozens of students on Thursday morning launched a sit-in at Harvard University to demand that the institution divest its $36.4…
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A pipeline rupture earlier this month in North Dakota is now revealed to have spilled a possible record-setting amount of…
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In response to key developments related to the Keystone XL pipeline in recent days, climate activists across the U.S. have…
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This is land that has been in my family for decades. It is prime Red River Valley agriculture land. It…
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The swearing-in of the 114th Congress this week spells trouble for our food, water and environment, and for all those…
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As Congress removes restrictions on taxpayers bailing out the too-big-to-fail banks, the right is blaming environmentalists and Russia for the…
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Posturing of Senate Democrats with clever Keystone XL amendments does nothing to impress pipeline opponents. After winning back majority control…
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Stemming from a protest last year, six of those arrested for trying to shut down tar sands operation now face…
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A promising new legal framework called atmospheric trust litigation could compel local and state legislators to take action to protect…
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In March, pope will issue an 'encyclical' on the subject of climate change and human ecology to world's 1.2 billion…
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Gas subsidiary hit with $2.3 million fine for construction-related damage to West Virginia waterways
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In a major victory for people who have been working to stop hydraulic fracturing for gas, known as fracking, Governor…
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The UN Climate Talks in Paris next December are shaping up be high noon for the fossil fuel industry.
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Tackling the problem of climate change is a serious ethical and moral responsibility, Pope Francis has told negotiators from around…
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I am writing to tell you about a brave 11-year-old boy named Itzcuauhtli (eat-squat-lee). I first saw him in videos…
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Environmental and anti-fracking groups on Wednesday launched a new campaign targeting New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as his administration nears…
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Greenpeace projected “Act for the Climate! Go Solar!” on the Huayna Picchu temple of the Machu Picchu archaeological site today…
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'As people deeply committed to environmental and climate justice, we condemn Walmart as a climate criminal and we stand side-by-side…
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As Republicans have made clear their desire to rush approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Senate prepares to…
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"Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 requires unprecedented political will and cooperation – but it's not impossible." Climate policy expert Farhana…
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Tuesday unveiled plans for a 550-mile natural gas pipeline through three states, a proposal that…
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Plans are in motion for climate marches in Turkey, France, Bulgaria, Guyana, Brazil, Burundi and others, ahead of Ban Ki-moon’s…
Let Me Vote - Count My Vote
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Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the…
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On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto…
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"It's time for Congress to finally act to restore the Voting Rights Act, and put an end to these kinds…
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A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in…
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A bill that seeks to restore voting rights for certain felons is drawing diverse support from groups including the Washoe…
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Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives,…
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday announced they would participate in former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recount of the…
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Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s call to raise funds to support vote recounts in three key states was met…
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Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.
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Voting-rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.
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The real measure of election integrity is that every eligible American can cast a vote that is counted. But this…
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Ohio's policy is said to be the most aggressive in the nation with more than 2 million registered voters removed…
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The Virginia Supreme Court rejected a petition from Republican leaders on Thursday that sought to hold Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe…
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Virginia Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. announced Thursday that he’ll introduce a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting…
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Virginia Republican leaders said they will file a contempt motion on Wednesday against Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe over his efforts…
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Voting machines are nothing more than "stripped-down computers using outdated operating systems possessing every conceivable vulnerability that a device can…
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HR 5131 amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to make improvements to voting system technology, election official training,…
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On Tuesday the Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a suit challenging Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) April order that restored…
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When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old…
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s decision to restore the voting rights of more than 200,000 felons has set off a frenzied effort…
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an order on Friday restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 convicted felons who…
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The Rhode Island Board of Elections has announced that it will open only 144 of Rhode Island’s available 419 polling…
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Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York City Board of Elections to investigate why more than 63,000 registered…
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The county of Kings is playing an outsized role in New York State’s presidential primary race — particularly among Democrats.…
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There are two things we all need to know about the upcoming 2016 election:
- Confusion over Wisconsin’s strict new photo ID law contributed to hour-long lines and other challenges for voters in yesterday’s primary,…
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The U.S. election system—and the democracy it was formed to protect—are under siege. If we want to save the promise…
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Eighty-six-year-old Reba Bowser has been voting since the Eisenhower era. After moving from New Hampshire to North Carolina last year,…
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In a dramatic vote to override the governor's veto, the Maryland state Senate on Tuesday voted to restore voting rights…
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It is 2016. The votes (80% of them electronic) have been cast all across the United States. Except in Hawaii,…
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If you know Guys & Dolls, you’re already singing the rest of this line: “His name is Paul Revere, and…
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Find out. Learn how. Empower your activism for democracy. Citizen jurors sustain our legal system. Any system is corruptible. But…
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You filled out your absentee ballot and put it in the mail. You assumed it would be postmarked and arrive…
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The U.S. Department of Justice in September notified Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange that it would file a lawsuit against…
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The "No Closings Caravan" began it's journey Thursday across Alabama's poor Black Belt region to protest the closing of 31 satellite driver's…
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The governor of Alabama has partially reversed a decision to close more than 30 government offices that issue driver licenses and photo…
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Montgomery County Board of Elections President Jim Shalleck acknowledged Thursday that the Republican-controlled panel’s decision to move two early voting…
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The 'decision to cut out ID services to almost all counties with a majority black population is discriminatory and wrong,'…
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If you voted in a Virginia election any time between 2003 and April of this year, your vote was at…
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As I've noted on many previous occasions, ever since every American Indian was supposedly given citizenship and the right to…
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Los Angeles County probation Chief Jerry Powers said he hasn't heard the question over allowing low-level felons to vote posed…
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On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court struck down the state's GOP-drawn congressional map and ordered that eight seats need to…
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Two years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the VRA. Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman John Lewis have a plan to…
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Felons who've served their time and want their voting rights restored won't have to pay outstanding court costs anymore as…
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Virginia Democrats asked the federal court system Thursday to overhaul state voting procedures, accusing the state's Republican leaders of purposefully…
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The court called for new districts by Sept. 1, but a lawyer for state Republicans says a Supreme Court appeal…
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It’s the cusp of his 90th birthday, but civil rights icon Ferguson Reid is still gearing up for the long haul.
“We…
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A Florida campaign to restore voting rights to an estimated 2 million residents—mostly low-income people of color who have felony…
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Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the…
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The Virginia Constitution does not allow anyone with a felony conviction to vote unless their rights have been restored by…
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Ohio voters will gain greater access to the ballot in a settlement announced today by the American Civil Liberties Union…
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The Virginia Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to scrap a type of voting machine used by dozens of local…
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In the 2010 election, a single conservative multimillionaire named Art Pope bankrolled a Republican takeover of North Carolina, winning 18…
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Follow the reasoning of Jon Husted, the secretary of state, and his fellow Republicans in charge at the Statehouse are…
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Over 170 House Democrats, including Cedric Richmond of New Orleans, introduced new voting rights legislation Thursday (March 19) that would allow people…
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Oregon on Monday became the first state to automatically register voters. The move 'puts the burden of registration on the…
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African Americans have come a long way politically over the past half-century, but disparities remain.
In the five decades since the…
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Electoral integrity has not improved in the U.S. over the past year, according to a new study. In fact, elections…
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While Republican state legislatures around the nation have been working to limit access to the polls over recent years, Democrats…
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The last round of voter restrictions came after the 2010 Republican wave, when new GOP majorities passed voter identification laws…
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It’s the cusp of his 90th birthday, but civil rights icon Ferguson Reid is still gearing up for the long…
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Just weeks ahead of the 50th anniversary of the violent clashes in Selma that led to passage of the Voting…
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A plan to further slash the availability of early voting is rapidly advancing in Georgia.
A committee of state lawmakers voted…
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Congressmen Mark Pocan and Keith Ellison have made it their mission to answer threats to voting rights in America with…
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More than 15,000 Ohioans tried to cast a ballot but didn’t have their votes counted in the November 2014 general…
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James W. Ray sat silently in the front row of the church meeting room, rubbing his eyes. Ray wasn’t mourning…
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We recently detailed the fascinating story of 21 "phantom ballots", all cast for Republican state Senate candidate Cathleen Manchester, which,…
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“So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote, I do not possess myself. I…
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Razor-thin margin, failed tabulators, untallied ballots, terrible 'recount' provisions leave Barber-McSally contest unsettled...
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Just like the high-profile U.S. Senate races in 2014, state-level elections in North Carolina attracted a lot of money from…
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'World's Greatest Democracy' rated worst among Western nations; Ranked just below Micronesia, just above Mexico in overall list...
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Early data suggest new 'discriminatory', 'unconstitutional' Republican voting restriction seems to have worked well for them...
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DES MOINES, Iowa - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kelli Jo Griffin, an…
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A federal appellate court ruled today that Kansas and Arizona may not force applicants using the federal voter registration form…
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The Republican electoral sweep in yesterday’s elections has put an end to speculation over whether new laws making it harder…
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With midterm hangover setting in, many will chatter and finger-point into next month about what happened, who did what and…
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The new president of the NAACP told a group of about 300 people at Tangier on Sunday that the No.…
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Headlines are telling a bleak story this election season, particularly for women of color. Fast food and home care workers—the…
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The campaign of Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has filed a lawsuit to stop Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign from…
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'The real reason for the laws is to lower turnout, to hold onto power by keeping those who in opposition…
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Election Day is just a few days away and voters have begun to focus on what's at stake. But in…
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Pop icon Russell Brand raised a ruckus last year when he exhorted, "Don't vote" to millions of his fans; a…
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The Crow Creek Indian Reservation lies along the Missouri River in central South Dakota, an area marked by rolling hills…
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Mercedies Harris strolls down the halls of the Hollaback and Restore Project, a felon rehabilitation center in rural Virginia, and…
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Today’s Republican in-your–face racism should remind us why 50 years ago African Americans marched for the right to vote. The…
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The story starts simply enough: African-Americans and Hispanics across Georgia were registered to vote at levels lower than their white…
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections announced this week that it is investigating a controversial mailer the conservative advocacy group Americans…
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Bad news for voters in the Buckeye State. Good news for partisan Republicans who prefer to win elections by making…
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Remember that Republican state Senator from Georgia who recently objected to early voting on the Sunday before the election in…
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About 200,000 voters in Virginia may lack the proper identification needed to cast a ballot in the November midterm elections,…
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I’ve been registered to vote since 1948. But once Republicans passed the law, I was asked to prove I’m not…
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It was a sunny March morning when Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D) and her small band boarded the No.…
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(The Root) -- In 1994 Kemba Smith was sentenced to 24 1/2 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to…
Economic and Social Justice
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Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Katherine Clark (MA-05) today introduced the Tip Income Protection (TIP) Act, legislation to protect tipped…
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What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on…
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Are you eligible for benefits in Virginia?
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A federal judge issued an injunction against President Barack Obama’s new overtime rule Tuesday, a major setback that delays one…
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Clergy join with low wage workers to call for $15 minimum wage and declare firm opposition to 'systemic racism, classism,…
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The system is trying to squeeze you harder than any generation before you.
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It is useful to develop a common understanding of the factors affecting job creation in our economy. The idea that…
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When Scott Walker came into office, he claimed that he had no interest in trying to get “Right to Work” laws…
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When the Bernie Sanders campaign announced plans to visit the Vatican, more than one journalist asked me for comment on…
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Nearly seven years after the end of the deepest recession in our lifetimes, the job market has in many ways…
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When a high-rolling trader buys millions of dollars' worth of stocks or derivatives, there's no levy at all.
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The enormous wealth disparity between the top 1% and the rest of America is an unsustainable economic and social injustice.…
Healthcare Human Right
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Black Lives Matter has its supporters (43 percent of Americans, per Pew Research Center), as well as its detractors (22 percent),…
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The movement for Healthcare Justice is currently coming to a peak in California with the recent introduction and now advancement…
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Where are the screams about those death panels now? As Trump-Bannon-Ryan and friends craft their healthcare path forward with the…
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"Colorado can send a shot that will be heard all over the country and all over the world."
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Black Lives Matter has its supporters (43 percent of Americans, per Pew Research Center), as well as its detractors (22 percent),…
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'Our findings dramatize the urgent need for national health insurance—a single-payer reform with first-dollar coverage—that would assure that all Americans…
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Gallup survey results highlight 'broad, national longing for a more humane health care system that treats health care as a…
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A referrendum is on the ballot in November. Bernie Sanders may not win the Democratic nomination for president, but his…
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It is a moral outrage for a country as wealthy as ours to leave 60 million people with no reliable…
End Corporate Rule
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To avoid another crash, the Massachusetts senator says the U.S. must "force law-breaking bankers to trade in their pinstripe suits…
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"The bank lobbyists have been hitting Capitol Hill hard, and they have a Dodd-Frank rollback bill lined up with the…
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In what environmental justice groups are characterizing as legal harassment by "corporate mercenaries," the company that owns the contested Dakota…
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By now you've hopefully heard the incredible news -- Governor Brown signed SB 1107 to repeal California's ban on public…
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For Mylan, it was a perfect plan—diabolical, unstoppable. The company made changes in its anti-allergy EpiPen dispenser in 2009, enough…
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'This is really a resounding victory for everyone who cares about protecting not only our water supply, but water supplies…
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The Panama tax haven leaks reveal a lot about the lawlessness of the rich, as well as the ideological bias…
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Time and again, whether we are seeking sensible healthcare, environmental, economic, or foreign policy—supported by a majority of Americans—we hit…
Latest News
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the… Read More
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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' +
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As Florence Makes Landfall, Poorest Once More Likely to Suffer Most From Storm's Destruction +
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. Read More
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How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill +
What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
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Nuclear Weapons: Who Pays, Who Profits? +
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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy +
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed… Read More
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