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8:00 pm The Redifusion 2 / A Music for C... @ Firecreek Coffee Company

Sat

The Redifusion 2 / A Music for C... @ Firecreek Coffee Company

Feb 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Redifusion is a “rock potluck” where we bring together 25 members picked from 25 different bands to form 6 new groups with new names that will perform for the first time together on stage at...

2:00 pm Greg Dollerschell @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Sun

Greg Dollerschell @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

6:00 pm Open Jam w/ Lucky Lenny @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Thu

Open Jam w/ Lucky Lenny @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 27 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Grab your strings and come ready to sing at the Open Jam with Lucky Lenny. We got beer, Lucky Lenny’s got the sound, you got a song. Sign up at 6pm.

9:00 am Join us for our next Flagstaff F... @ United Way

Fri

Join us for our next Flagstaff F... @ United Way

Feb 28 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join us for a Flagstaff Family Food Center Ambassador Training Friday, February 28th 9 am – 12 pm United Way of Northern Arizona 1515 E. Cedar Dr. Flagstaff, AZ 86004 Learn about hunger in...

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Trump admin’s Clean Water rollback will hit some states hard

From the Wire 2020-02-20

But the effects of removing this “environmental safety net” won’t be felt equally. States with fewer local protections and resources...

Greenpeace finds labels on plastic products ‘Mislead the public and harm America’s recycling systems’

Common Dreams 2020-02-18

Instead of getting serious about moving away from single-use plastic, corporations are hiding behind the pretense that their throwaway packaging...

Can the U.S. slash food waste in half in the next ten years?

From the Wire 2020-02-17

Emerging efforts by cities and the federal government show that progress is possible, but experts say systemic changes are still...

Temperature in Antarctica soars past 69°F as NOAA reports last month was world’s hottest January on record

Common Dreams 2020-02-13

While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record...

Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health’

From the Wire 2020-02-06

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife...

BLM suspends oil & gas extraction leases in Little Colorado River Valley

Meteor Staff 2020-02-06

Flagstaff The Trump administration has suspended 4,200 acres of oil and gas leases on public land in Arizona’s Little Colorado...

The Trump administration on Thursday released its final management plans for a lands previously protected as national monuments. (Photo: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management/Flickr/cc)

Trump’s final plan to open treasured public lands in Utah called ‘Sellout’ to big oil

Common Dreams 2020-02-06

The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series of insults... that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears...

Over 60 green groups call on House Dems to pass sweeping worker rights-boosting PRO Act

Common Dreams 2020-02-06

"There is no way to build a greener, more inclusive economy without strong, thriving labor unions." By Andrea Germanos, staff...

File:Icebreaker Polar Star somewhere on the Antarctic ... commons.wikimedia.org

5 things you should know about the earth’s warming ocean

From the Wire 2020-01-31

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes...

Greta Thunberg needs no defense: why we must keep Climate Striking

From the Wire 2020-01-25

by Massimo Paciotto Biggers , Jeff Biggers Common Dreams While President Trump dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and scientists as...

Why California is banning chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide: 5 questions answered

From the Wire 2020-01-24

Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco Editor’s note: California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos,...

‘We Have so much more to do,’ youth climate activists declare as global elite close out Davos forum

Common Dreams 2020-01-25

"It is time to get out of our comfort zones." by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Youth climate activists marched through...

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Trump admin’s Clean Water rollback will hit some states hard

From the Wire 2020-02-20

But the effects of removing this “environmental safety net” won’t be felt equally. States with fewer local protections and resources...

Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health’

From the Wire 2020-02-06

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife...

BLM suspends oil & gas extraction leases in Little Colorado River Valley

Meteor Staff 2020-02-06

Flagstaff The Trump administration has suspended 4,200 acres of oil and gas leases on public land in Arizona’s Little Colorado...

Trump’s final plan to open treasured public lands in Utah called ‘Sellout’ to big oil

Common Dreams 2020-02-06

The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series of insults... that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears...

‘Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the country has ever seen’: Trump guts safeguards for US streams and wetlands

From the Wire 2020-01-23

"This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever...

Lawsuit: Trump admin violating the Endangered Species Act in AZ & NM: Cattle trampling waterways.

Meteor Staff 2020-01-14

“It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to keep livestock from trampling these fragile southwestern rivers, but the Forest Service has turned...

Impacts to health, livelihood continue after toxic mine spill in Mexico

From the Wire 2020-01-05

Editor’s note: This report is part of an AZCIR collaboration with KPBS’ Fronteras Project, a regional news collaborative that produces...

Leaking gas stations around Flagstaff

Naima Schuller 2019-12-03

Recently, a number of gas stations have disappeared from Flagstaff. A couple have been replaced but the rest appear to...

Little Colorado River Photo Credit: Lisa Winters, Grand Canyon Trust

Little Colorado River threatened by dams

Naima Schuller 2019-11-21

The Little Colorado River is the focus of two pumped hydro storage power plant proposals that have met with resistance...

$Flagstaff/Red Gap water quality at risk from fracking$

Flagstaff/Red Gap water quality at risk from fracking

Naima Schuller 2019-09-30

Flagstaff Flagstaff's future water supply is a target for potentially harmful toxins. Red Gap Ranch, located 40 miles east of...

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7:00 pm Sinshrift and Special Guests @ The Green Room

Fri

Sinshrift and Special Guests @ The Green Room

Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – Feb 22 @ 1:00 am

A night of AZ local metal with The Green Room, Ashley Marie Null Media, and 103.7 The Eagle Rocks! Performances By: SINSHRIFT (PHX) exit.dream (Tucson) One Bullet Away (NOAZ) Prey to Nothing (Flag) Tickets available at...

10:00 pm DuB & Down With The Blues Album ... @ The Gopher Hole

DuB & Down With The Blues Album ... @ The Gopher Hole

Feb 21 @ 10:00 pm – Feb 22 @ 1:00 am

10:00 pm Pete Henry @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Pete Henry @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 21 @ 10:00 pm – Feb 22 @ 1:00 am

Jazzy pop rock guitar, vocalist.

7:00 pm Arthur Buezo @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Sat

Arthur Buezo @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Arthur Buezo was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised partly in both Connecticut and North Carolina. After traveling around America for a year he now calls Saranac Lake, NY home. In Saranac Lake he met the...

7:00 pm Dub and Down With The Blues @ Blendz

Dub and Down With The Blues @ Blendz

Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

8:00 pm The Redifusion 2 / A Music for C... @ Firecreek Coffee Company

The Redifusion 2 / A Music for C... @ Firecreek Coffee Company

Feb 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

8:00 pm Tribal Seeds: Road to AZ Roots @ Orpheum Theater

Tribal Seeds: Road to AZ Roots @ Orpheum Theater

Feb 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Based in San Diego, rock-reggae band Tribal Seeds come at their music from a different angle, more influenced by bands like Steel Pulse and Aswad than the common touchstone of Sublime. Formed in 2005 by the...

9:00 pm LITTLE PEOPLE, FRAMEWORKS, and Y... @ The Green Room

LITTLE PEOPLE, FRAMEWORKS, and Y... @ The Green Room

Feb 22 @ 9:00 pm – 11:45 pm

Swedish musician brings a hot show of downtempo electronica. You wouldn’t think that growing up in the Swiss Alps in the 90′s would be the best place to be exposed to some of New York’s best...

2:00 pm Greg Dollerschell @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Sun

Greg Dollerschell @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

7:00 pm Dragged Under with Winterhaven @ The Green Room

Dragged Under with Winterhaven @ The Green Room

Feb 23 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Seattle based punk rock, Dragged Under is putting on kick ass show, hot off the trail of sold out PHX shows! WinterHaven_band is starting out our evening show, and we couldn’t be more stoked to have...

7:30 pm Flor De Toloache @ Flagstaff Arts Council

Flor De Toloache @ Flagstaff Arts Council

Feb 23 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Latin GRAMMY Winners Flor de Toloache make New York City history as its’ First and Only All-Women Mariachi Group. Founded in 2008, Flor de Toloache is lead by singers Mireya I. Ramos (founder) & Shae Fiol...

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Utah Representative proposes bill to stop Payday Lenders from taking bail money from borrowers

A group of agents rose through the ranks to lead the Border Patrol. They’re leaving it in crisis.

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Border Patrol Officials dodged Congress’ questions about migrant children’s deaths

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They loan you money. Then they get a warrant for your arrest.

[caption id="attachment_5744" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Border Patrol Chief of Law Enforcement Operations Brian Hastings testifies at a congressional hearing on July...

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Donald and Ivanka Trump were involved in inauguration’s inflated payments to family business, new suit says

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Six children died in Border Patrol care. Democrats in Congress want to know why.

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IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete With TurboTax

Video obtained by ProPublica contradicted the Border Patrol’s account of 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez’s death. Now, House Democrats are...

The TurboTax trap: TurboTax tricked customers into paying to file taxes.

Finding free online tax filing should be easier this year for millions of Americans. by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,...

Inside the cell where a sick 16 yr old boy died in Border Patrol care

Now several states are investigating it. ProPublica revealed that TurboTax maker Intuit charged millions of Americans for tax filing services...

How McKinsey helped the Trump Administration detain and deport immigrants

Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant, was seriously ill when immigration agents put him in a small South...

Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic

Newly uncovered documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including some that the agency’s staff...

Why Trump’s post-impeachment actions are about vengeance, not retribution

Editors note: With thoughtful planning Flagstaff could turn our continued growth into a health boon for the community. The Ohio...

Judge sentences Roger Stone to 40 months in prison

"Since the end of his Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump has carried out a concerted campaign against his Democratic...

The lie of health care ‘choice’

[caption id="attachment_5966" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Roger Stone[/caption] Stone is expected to be pardoned by President Donald Trump. by Eoin Higgins, staff...

Letter from Winona LaDuke

[caption id="attachment_5975" align="aligncenter" width="572"] Shutterstock[/caption] In our corporate-run health system, consumer “choices” are shaped entirely by profit-seeking monopolists. By Jim...

Greenpeace finds labels on plastic products ‘Mislead the public and harm America’s recycling systems’

“Let us put our minds together to see what kind of future we can make for our children….” ...

Ohio battles to protect the vote

Instead of getting serious about moving away from single-use plastic, corporations are hiding behind the pretense that their throwaway packaging...

After granting Blagojevich and others clemency, Trump calls himself the ‘Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the country’

Columbus Twenty-five people made their way into the Vanderelli Room in Columbus. The art, performance, and all-around community space in...

‘Our institutions are sounding alarms’: Federal Judges call emergency meeting over Trump interference with DOJ

"NARRATOR: He is not the chief law enforcement officer in the country." by Eoin Higgins, staff writer, Common Dreams.org February...

Foundations as “extensions” of corporate reach

"This is mind-blowing. I've never heard of anything like it. We are in full on crisis mode." by Jake Johnson,...

More than 1,100 former US Department of Justice officials tell William Barr: Resign now!

New Orleans Foundations created by corporations and the superrich are multi-headed monster of tax havens and public relations that combine...

Field testing voter purges and “drops”

'Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words' by Common Dreams staff More than...

Utah Representative proposes bill to stop Payday Lenders from taking bail money from borrowers

Columbus As the Voter Purge Project moves forward, we are now analyzing the voter files on more than a dozen...

‘These are the Bad Times’: Trump to deploy heavily armed Border Patrol tactical units to help with immigration arrests in Sanctuary Cities

THE NEW DEBTORS PRISONS Debtors prisons were banned by Congress in 1833, but a ProPublica article that revealed the sweeping...

The surprising ineptness of liberals and moderates

"It is unbelievable how much this action will undermine public safety. Unbelievable." by Eoin Higgins, staff writer, CommonDreams In a...

A group of agents rose through the ranks to lead the Border Patrol. They’re leaving it in crisis.

Houston Let me start by saying, I have mixed feelings about Senator Bernie Sanders as a candidate for President, not...

Border Patrol Officials dodged Congress’ questions about migrant children’s deaths

How several agents from a small outpost in Arizona, including recently retired chief Carla Provost, climbed to the top of...

They loan you money. Then they get a warrant for your arrest.

[caption id="attachment_5744" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Border Patrol Chief of Law Enforcement Operations Brian Hastings testifies at a congressional hearing on July...

Temperature in Antarctica soars past 69°F as NOAA reports last month was world’s hottest January on record

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Hundreds of county jails detained immigrants for ICE

While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record...