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When restaurants close, Americans lose much more than a meal

From the Wire April 12, 2020

The Big Texan restaurant, Amarillo, Texas. Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress by  Rebecca L. Spang, Indiana University March 20 Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted a video of himself on March 15 saying: “No more restaurants.” Seated in…

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Small Signs: A Protest In Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff, Ariz   This summer there were over 50 marches, actions, and demonstrations in Flagstaff, Arizona sparked as elsewhere in the country by the death early this summer of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Documentarian Levi Stallings spent hours taking and compiling video from the Flagstaff actions and sit down conversations with residents from all walks of life. Read more, see the video here…

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The film— entitled "Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair"— is a sequel to last year's "A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" and runs with the idea that the year 2020 became an "historic turning point" for the world, one in which "the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed, and everyone is essential." (Image: The Leap/The Intercept/Illustration by Moll Crabapple)

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‘Small Signs’, a powerful look at the underbelly of a tourist town
Meteor Staff 2020-10-23
by Madrone Kalil Schutten, Ph.D., Guest column for the Meteor Friday, October 23, 2020 Small Signs: A Protest in Flagstaff, Arizona is a documentary on the pulse of the second wave of the civil rights movement. Levi Stallings’ film hones in on the eruption of dissent incited by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (February 23rd), Breonna Taylor (March 13th) and...

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Indigenous women urge Biden to stop pipelines and respect Treaty Rights
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"It took over 200 years for [atmospheric CO2] levels to increase by 25%, but now just over 30 years later...
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price.
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Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds...
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Wildfire smoke is far more complex and dynamic than meets the eye. It contains thousands of different compounds, most of...
In a last-minute rule change, the Trump administration rolls back water-saving standards for showerheads
From the Wire 2020-12-19
by Robert Glennon, University of Arizona Saturday, December 19, 2020 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="303"] High-efficiency showerheads save water and energy....

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April 28, 2020 Flagstaff, Ariz.    The Grand Canyon Trust reports serious problems at the Canyon Mine uranium mine south of...
Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes
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Pandemic shines a light on critical water issues — 40% of the Navajo Nation lacks running water, will Congress fund solutions?
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Clean water is essential during the COVID-19 health crisis, but so far Congress hasn’t directed funds to help water utilities...
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Arrests in Minnesota after Water Protectors chain themselves inside pipe section to halt Line 3 construction
2021-01-14
"Enbridge's last-ditch effort to build fossil fuel infrastructure is killing people and the planet." by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Thursday, January 14 [caption id="attachment_29248" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Environmental activist Winona LaDuke (C) and water protectors stand in front of the construction site for the Line 3 oil...
Indigenous women urge Biden to stop pipelines and respect Treaty Rights
2021-01-14
"Joe Biden, we are asking you to stand on the right side of history and humanity by putting an immediate end to the deadly pipelines destroying our Earth, our communities, and all life." by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Thursday, January 14, 2021 [caption id="attachment_29207" align="aligncenter" width="955"]...
Climate Emergency persists as 2020 ties for earth’s hottest year on record
2021-01-08
"It took over 200 years for [atmospheric CO2] levels to increase by 25%, but now just over 30 years later we are approaching a 50% increase." by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Friday, January 8, 2021 [caption id="attachment_29083" align="aligncenter" width="955"] A boat motors by as the Bidwell...
Climate groups call on Biden to nominate Andy Levin as Labor Secretary
2020-12-23
"He has a long record of fighting for working people, and understands the climate imperative but knows the transition won't happen without proper buy-in and support." by Julia Conley, staff writer Wednesday, December 23, 2020 [caption id="attachment_28565" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) speaks during a...
In a last-minute rule change, the Trump administration rolls back water-saving standards for showerheads
2020-12-19
by Robert Glennon, University of Arizona Saturday, December 19, 2020 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="303"] High-efficiency showerheads save water and energy. mppix/iStock via Getty Images[/caption] For more than 25 years, Congress has directed U.S. government agencies to set energy and water efficiency standards for many new products....
‘Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?’ Asks UN Chief at Climate Summit
2020-12-13
"If we don't change course," he warned, "we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3 degrees this century." by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Sunday, December 13, 2020 [caption id="attachment_28192" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Coastal vegetation is seen burning close to the beach on...
5 years after Paris: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions
2020-12-13
Even if every country meets its commitments, the world will still be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new UNEP report shows.  Kevin Frayer/Getty Images by  Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines and Dolf Gielen, Colorado School of Mines...
Corporations paying lawmakers to outlaw protest is a crime against democracy
2020-12-08
More communities are standing up to pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony. We need to push for "Protesters' Bills of Rights" in state legislatures to codify the right to protest. by Basav Sen December 5, 2020 [caption id="attachment_28028" align="aligncenter" width="955"] People...
Federal regulators are rewriting environmental rules so a massive pipeline can be built
2020-12-08
Federal regulators and West Virginia agencies are rewriting environmental rules again to pave the way for construction of a major natural gas pipeline across Appalachia, even after an appeals court blocked the pipeline for the second time. by Ken Ward Jr. , ProPublica This story was co-published...
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2020-12-07
by Wade Rathke December 7, 2020 New Orleans   Over a decade ago, ACORN stumbled into an offer that seemed exciting as a progressive experiment. Friends and relatives of friends and comrades had been bitten by the enviro-bug and had built a mobile biodiesel machine with...

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2020-12-06
Researchers continue to find new information about how widespread plastic pollution has become, but also how we can help stem the tide. by Tara Lohan, The Revelator December 3, 2020   [caption id="attachment_27986" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Plastic pollution lines a Singapore beach. Photo: Vaidehi Shah, (CC BY...

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Officials prep for possible inauguration protests at Arizona Capitol
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Members of several well-known hate groups identified at Capitol riot
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[caption id="attachment_29122" align="aligncenter" width="989"] Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline prepare to evacuate their main camp near Cannon Ball,...
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by Laura Ungar January 8, 2021 [caption id="attachment_29102" align="aligncenter" width="1270"] West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice, and his wife, Cathy Justice,...

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2020-10-02
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2020-09-30
"President Donald Trump, in need of another dose of fear to keep his sputtering reelection bid afloat, is now, officially,...
Activists help ICE detainee avoid deportation following alleged sterilization procedure at Georgia facility
2020-09-16
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2020-09-16
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2020-09-16
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2020-09-11
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ICE guards “systematically” sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center, lawyers say
2020-08-14
Allegations include guards attacking victims in camera “blind spots” and telling them that “no one would believe” them in ICE...
ICE is making sure migrant kids don’t have COVID-19 — Then expelling them to “prevent the spread” of COVID-19
2020-08-10
The administration has used infection risk to justify expelling thousands of children without legal protections. But it’s only expelling kids...
Her rapist threatened to make her “disappear.” Instead of asylum, ICE put her in a hotel and sent her back.
2020-08-04
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New IG report, says ACLU, shows just how far Trump team ‘was willing to go to destroy’ immigrant families
2021-01-15
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US detained migrant children for far longer than previously known
2020-11-29
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Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections, and implement other last-minute policies, before Jan. 20
2020-11-27
The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a...
Lawyers can’t locate parents of 666 seized migrant children—121 more than previously believed
2020-11-10
[su_pullquote align="right"]This is an update from a previous story identifying 545 un-reunitable children.[/su_pullquote].    The children were separated from their families...
Trump got what he wanted at the border. Would Biden undo it?
2020-10-28
Democrats agree that Trump’s caused asylum-seekers unacceptable misery. But the goal of deterring people from migrating to the U.S. —...
‘Cruelty was always the plan’: pressed on mass family separations in final debate, Trump smears victims as ‘bad people’
2020-10-23
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Native American man shot protesting Trump border wall, others tear gassed, arrested by US agents on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
2020-10-13
"It's obscene and offensive to us that local and state governments move to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day while the federal...
Trump plan for pre-election ICE raids condemned as xenophobic and cruel ‘publicity stunt’
2020-09-30
"President Donald Trump, in need of another dose of fear to keep his sputtering reelection bid afloat, is now, officially,...
Activists help ICE detainee avoid deportation following alleged sterilization procedure at Georgia facility
2020-09-16
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Lawmakers demand probe into ‘horrifying’ allegations of neglect, mass hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center
2020-09-16
"These allegations are part of a larger pattern of reproductive injustices conducted by ICE officials." by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer...

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