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California Lawmakers Demand Federal Investigation of Offshore Fracking
With fracking operations to extract fossil fuels off the California coast stepping up, lawmakers in that state are demanding to know why the federal government is approving such operations …
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Death by Corporation: America’s Corporate Deathstar
Instead of protecting US citizens, the Obama administration is enabling the ultimate corporate “Deathstar.”
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Is $15 an Hour a Fair Wage for Serving Fast Food?
Fast food workers in other countries earn the equivalent of $15 an hour and enjoy benefits, yet hamburgers cost no more.
We Don’t Have Life Without Land: Holding Ground in Honduras
On vivid display there is the search for solutions to the problems addressed in this Harvesting Justice series: the piracy of land, indigenous territories, agriculture, food systems and the …
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Law to Clean Up “Nuisances” Costs Innocent People Their Homes
Over the last two decades, forfeitures have evolved into a booming business for police agencies across the country, from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to small-town sheriff's offices.
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California Carbon Trading Would Counteract Emissions From Expanded Chevron Refinery, State Says
The hundreds of activists on hand earlier this month at Chevron's Richmond refinery to protest its contribution to global warming might be surprised to learn that California says it …
Ethiopia: Lives for Land in Gambella
Murder, rape, false imprisonment and torture are reportedly committed by the Ethiopian military as they implement the government's policy of land clearance and resettlement.
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Launch of Green Tea Coalition Drives a Wedge Through Georgia’s Tea Party
The Green Tea Coalition, set to launch in Georgia, includes activists from the Sierra Club, Georgia Watch, Occupy Atlanta, Tea Party Patriots and the NAACP.