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Peter Rugh

Peter Rugh is associate editor at The Indypendent. Follow him on Twitter: @JohnReedsTomb.

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Dec 10, 2017
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News Analysis
Politics & Elections

The Pros and Cons of a Constitutional Convention

New York State voters to decide the risks of calling a Constitutional Convention this November.
by
Peter Rugh,
The Indypendent
October 2, 2017
Truthout
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Be His Biggest Con Yet

“The greatest jobs producer God ever created”?
by
Peter Rugh,
The Indypendent
April 5, 2017
Truthout
News Analysis

Apped to Be Screwed: Workers Reckon With the Gig Economy

How the gig economy is changing the way we work and live.
by
Peter Rugh,
The Indypendent
September 23, 2016
Truthout
News Analysis

“Protecting” the Police: The Legislative Attack on Black Lives Matter

NYPD Commissioner William Bratton equates the recording law enforcement with intimidation and attempts to free individuals in police custody.
by
Peter Rugh,
The Indypendent
August 23, 2016
Truthout
News Analysis

How Activists Are Responding to the NYPD’s Attempts to Thwart Black Lives Matter

NYPD Commissioner William Bratton asked lawmakers in Albany to elevate resisting arrest from a misdemeanor to a felony.
by
Peter Rugh,
Waging Nonviolence
February 14, 2015
Truthout
News Analysis

Scientists Speak Out Against Canada’s “War on Science“

The Harper administration in Canada has long been known for its anti-environment stance.
by
Peter Rugh,
Waging Nonviolence
January 26, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

Learning to Live in the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene Epoch demands that we learn to live without killing and exploiting each other, and without poisoning our biosphere.
by
Peter Rugh,
Occupy.com
November 24, 2013
Truthout
Interview

“We Have to Be the Carbon Tax” — an Interview With Tim DeChristopher

Tim DeChristopher talks about moving forward after a recent loss and the larger struggle against fossil fuels.
by
Peter Rugh,
Waging NonViolence
November 8, 2013
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News
Prisons & Policing

New York Communities Once Again Mobilize Against Police Brutality

Rallies are held nationwide against police brutality, meanwhile the family of Kyam Livingston, who died in a Brooklyn jail after allegedly being denied medical care, filed a wrongful…
by
Peter Rugh &
Atiq Zabinski,
The Real News Network
October 25, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

Low-Wage Workers, Top-Down Unions

SEIU may be spawning a force that will rise above its managerial powers by encouraging workers to take direct action at their workplaces.
by
Peter Rugh,
Waging Nonviolence
October 2, 2013
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