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Barrio Defense: How Arizona’s Immigrants are Standing Up to SB 1070
Shortly after the 2010 passage of SB 1070, Arizonau2019s notorious immigration bill, 20,000 people gathered in Phoenix for a May Day march to protest the new law. Instead of …
Life on Refinery Row
Jeannine Foster, the family matriarch, worries about the pitfalls of this seemingly symbiotic relationship. Her father and brother were badly injured during the Coastal States explosion in the early …
When a Woman Goes Out to Struggle: Solutions to Gender and Economic Violence
The coalition also challenges structural violence, the result of economic and political systems which systematically harm rural and landless peoples. One way is through aggressively promoting food sovereignty, which …
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Greeks Cast Ballots, Spain Gets a Bailout, Yet Nothing Changes
So the governing coalition in Greece pulled out a narrow victory Sunday, but getting a narrow majority in the parliament thanks to a 50-seat bonus the New Democracy party …
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Winslow Myers | All for One
There is a larger truth that must be understood - that we are all in this together, as Winslow Myers notes.
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Members Who Supported Big Oil Have Received $38.6 Million From the Industry
The oil industry has rarely been more influential in the House.
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Germany Swaps Nuclear for Solar and Wind Power
In response to the Fukushima meltdown, Germany aims to close all its reactors by 2022.
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The Jerry Sandusky Trial and Child Sexual Abuse’s Walking Wounded
Those of us who work to fight crimes against children use the Jerry Sandusky trial as a platform to say that this happens so much more than you would …
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Big Meetings
However boring such exercises might be u2014 and journalists are always desperate for countries to boycott Big Meetings to render them newsworthy u2014 they've produced progress of a certain …
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Bush v. Gore Has Lessons for Us
The biggest mistake Al Gore made was caving on the election in Florida when he didnu2019t have to.