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Supreme Court DACA decision isn’t just about Dreamers — it’s about whether the White House has to tell the truth

From the Wire January 19, 2020

Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell The fate of 700,000 people facing deportation may hang on a new question facing the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the White House legally obligated to tell the whole truth when…

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Coronavirus cancels most events @ Flagstaff City Hall

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Coronavirus Notice: All bars, theaters, most restaurants ,and some retail establishments are closed until further notice due to the coronavirus. list of open establishments can be found here… Council Meetings and all other city committee meetings are...

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Wild & Scenic Film Festival @ Coconino Center for the Arts

Apr 11 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project for our 11th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival benefit event. Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Doors open at 6:00 pm,...

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Coronavirus cancels most events @ Flagstaff City Hall

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11th Annual Flagstaff Hullabaloo... @ Wheeler Park

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Flagstaff Hullabaloo will take place Saturday June 6th 10am-9pm and Sunday June 7th 11am-6pm at Wheeler Park. Hullabaloo has been voted Best Flagstaff Festival SIX TIMES and has raised over $120,000 for local non-profits since 2010!...

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Coronaviruses and the human meat market

Mac England 2020-04-06

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as...

As pandemic paralyzes global economy, world Is ‘awash in seas of oil’ with nowhere left to store it

From the Wire 2020-04-02

"How about we #KeepItInTheGround?" by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Despite the coronavirus pandemic grounding global oil demand to a halt,...

Trump to hold in-person meeting with Big Oil CEOs to discuss coronavirus relief

From the Wire 2020-04-02

'Moving to Rob Us Blind in Broad Daylight'? "Right now money is needed for people's health, direct relief, and...

When does recycling your plastic make sense? The answer isn’t so simple

From the Wire 2020-04-01

By Orion Donovan-Smith “Plastic Wars,” which examines the crisis in plastic waste, airs on PBS nationwide on March 31,...

Trump administration cripples drive to reduce vehicle pollution

Meteor Staff 2020-04-01

by Meteor Staff Wednesday, April 1 The Trump administration finalized a major rollback of fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles yesterday. The...

Citing Coronavirus Pandemic, EPA indefinitely suspends environmental rules

From the Wire 2020-03-27

'Holy Crap This Is Insane' "The EPA uses this global pandemic to create loopholes for destroying the environment. This is...

EPA science panel plows ahead with toxic chemical’s review, despite coronavirus crisis

From the Wire 2020-03-26

TCE is used by dry cleaners, auto brake shops, parts manufacturing factories, paper mills, refineries and many other businesses large...

‘Huge Victory’ for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as Federal Court rules DAPL permits violated law

From the Wire 2020-03-25

"This is what the tribe has been fighting for many months. Their fearless organizing continues to change the game." by...

‘Green Stimulus’ demanded to battle convergent crises of coronavirus, economic injustice, and climate emergency

From the Wire 2020-03-24

The plan calls for spending at least $2 trillion on millions of green jobs, strategic investments to aid frontline communities,...

Spider excavators remove on dam on San Juan Creek in California's Cleveland National Forest. Photo: Julie Donnell, USFS

Removing 81 dams is transforming this California watershed

From the Wire 2020-03-21

The innovative project could aid endangered native species — and provide a useful roadmap for other dam-removal efforts. [caption id="attachment_7322"...

With Nation Distracted by Public Health and Economic Crises, Trump Moves to Allow GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges

From the Wire 2020-03-20

"Only the Trump administration would aggressively promote the use of crops genetically engineered for pesticide tolerance on wildlife refuges." by...

Stuck inside? Check out these nature cams

Meteor Staff 2020-03-17

Stuck inside? Check out these nature cams. Tembe Elephant Park One of several great livecams from Explore.org. This one...

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Court approves settlement requiring EPA rules on most dangerous chemical spills

Meteor Staff 2020-03-14

Saturday, March 14 The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a consent decree between the...

San Pedro River Little Boquillas Ranch Arizona 2015

Conservation groups sue the Trump administration to prevent further damage to Arizona’s San Pedro River

Meteor Staff 2020-03-14

[caption id="attachment_6960" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] San Pedro River Little Boquillas Ranch Arizona 2015[/caption] By Meteor Staff Saturday, March 14, 2020 Flagstaff...

Some towns still haven’t halted utility shut-offs for unpaid water bills during coronavirus, even as federal lawmakers demand it

From the Wire 2020-03-13

While some municipalities with only a few cases of the coronavirus have stopped disconnecting water service for residents with overdue...

EPA’s new rules for assessing pesticide risks ignore many harms to endangered species

Mac England 2020-03-13

By Meteor Staff Flagstaff The Environmental Protection Agency issued revised methods for assessing pesticide risks yesterday that could allow...

‘This system cannot be sustained’ This year, tribal nations enter negotiations over Colorado River water.

From the Wire 2020-03-10

By Anna V. Smith/ High Country News March 10, 2020 The Colorado River Basin is the setting for some of...

Latest Bears Ears planning meeting convenes without indigenous voices

From the Wire 2020-02-27

“Am I the only Indigenous person in the room right now?” asked Angelo Baca, a Navajo and Hopi resident of...

Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don’t fail

From the Wire 2020-02-24

"These ecosystem modifications directly affect organisms on land and in the water downstream. Every decision to allow a mine to...

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...

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...

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

From the Wire 2020-02-06

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

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Coronaviruses and the human meat market

2020-04-06

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as...

Food crisis growing in Honduras cities

2020-04-06

A Sunday call with ACORN Honduras organizers brought the harrowing issue of food insecurity home to me with a vengeance....

From street demos to solidarity work ACORN members are in the community

2020-04-05

[caption id="attachment_7982" align="aligncenter" width="730"] Serving Meals in Delhi[/caption] Pearl River What do mass-based organizations and social movements do when...

Lessons in Leadership: Captain Courageous vs. President Mr. Me

2020-04-04

Pearl River It’s not every day when the United States and any of the world that bothers to look gets...

A pandemic is another terrible time to be poor

2020-04-03

Pearl River There’s no good time to be poor in America. Not surprisingly, a pandemic bringing rampant disease and deaths...

Indian informal workers are starving, some Americans griping

2020-04-02

Pearl River I have to tell the truth. It’s hard to read some of these reports from near...

Pandemic challenges ad-based business models

2020-04-01

New Orleans One of the stark realities undergirding a number of industries that has been vividly exposed during the...

Class and culture clashes

2020-03-31

New Orleans Ok, let’s be clear, everything about the pandemic sucks, alright? For the most part we don’t hate...

Workers virus rights for big companies

2020-03-29

Pearl River The stimulus bill overs some expanded rights for workers at companies with under 500 workers. What do you...

Paying for coronavirus and medical debt

2020-03-28

by Wade Rathke Pearl River Ten percent of Americans have absolutely, flat-to-the-bone, no health insurance. Many others have Trump-plan...

Some changes the coronavirus should bring

2020-03-27

Pearl River In the Age of Trump and the Time of the Coronavirus, there seems to be constant speculation...

Women in the draft – yes

2020-03-26

Pearl River The draft was a central issue in the opposition to the Vietnam War. It touched all young...

This pandemic can bring us together

2020-03-25

The actual disease of our country is not a pathogen, but the widening separation of rich elites from the rest...

Uber CEO wins lie of the week award on gig workers unemployment

2020-03-25

New Orleans [su_dropcap size="4"]I[/su_dropcap]n the Age of Trump, we biscuit cookers get used to hearing disassembling, tall tales,...

Tenants are facing eviction across America

2020-03-24

New Orleans Recession is here. Layoffs are in the millions. The service industry is hammered. Small businesses are...

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Leaked Border Patrol memo tells agents to send migrants back immediately — ignoring asylum law

From the Wire

Citing little-known power given to the CDC to ban entry of people who might spread disease and ignoring the Refugee...

It’s hardly shocking the Navy fired a commander for warning of coronavirus threat. It’s part of a pattern.

From the Wire

In dismissing the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy once again punished the messenger, a frontline leader brave...

Hospitals have left many COVID-19 patients who don’t speak English alone, confused and without proper care

From the Wire

One medical worker told us: “It takes 10 minutes of sitting on the phone to get an interpreter, and that’s...

NC Sen. Burr faces DOJ investigation for selling a fortune in stocks right before the market crashed

From the Wire

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A Trilogy Evo portable ventilator from an instructional video on YouTube. (Obtained by ProPublica)

Taxpayers paid millions to design a low-cost ventilator for a pandemic. Instead, the company is selling versions of it overseas.

From the Wire

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As coronavirus infections spread, so have clashes between ICE detainees and guards

From the Wire

At ICE detention camps across the country, unrest is growing as detainees warn that dirty conditions and a disturbing lack...

This VA hospital cited “misleading” data to restrict mask use for health care workers

From the Wire

Workers at a VA hospital in New Mexico have been told not to wear face masks in certain cases, even...

The Trump Administration is leaving the nation’s emergency backup hospital system on the sidelines

From the Wire

Leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs say they are ready to answer the call to assist HHS or FEMA....

Walmart was almost charged criminally over opioids. Trump appointees killed the indictment.

From the Wire

Even as company pharmacists protested, Walmart kept filling suspicious prescriptions, stoking the country’s opioid epidemic. A Republican U.S. Attorney in...

ICE detainee says migrants are going on a hunger strike for soap

From the Wire

In audio obtained by ProPublica, an ICE detainee described harrowing conditions as fears over coronavirus spread. The ICE detention center...

A medical worker describes terrifying lung failure from COVID-19 — Even in his young patients

From the Wire

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ICE has repeatedly failed to contain contagious diseases

From the Wire

Our Analysis Shows. It’s a Danger to the Public. ProPublica reviewed more than 70 reports detailing deaths in ICE detention...

Immigration Courts are telling employees to come to work — Ignoring health risks and local shelter-in-place orders

From the Wire

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Here’s Why Florida Got All the Emergency Medical Supplies It Requested While Other States Did Not

From the Wire

The Department of Health and Human Services has come under fire as several states’ requests for supplies from the emergency...

Senator dumped up to $1.6 million of stock after reassuring public about coronavirus preparedness

From the Wire

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Letter Carriers Say the Postal Service Pressured Them to Deliver Mail Despite Coronavirus Symptoms — and Often Without Hand Sanitizer

From the Wire

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After discovering a sailor with coronavirus, the U.S. Navy crowded dozens Into one room

From the Wire

On the USS Boxer, where the Navy discovered its first case of coronavirus on a ship, a sailor says his...

No matter what some public officials say, the message you need to hear Is “Stay Home”

From the Wire

Mixed messaging from all levels of government is putting Americans at risk and will speed the spread of the coronavirus....

This coronavirus Is unlike anything in our lifetime, and we have to stop comparing it to the flu

From the Wire

Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says that comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate. Not one public...

Coronaviruses and the human meat market

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We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as...

Doctors are making life-and-death choices over coronavirus patients – it could have long-term consequences for them

From the Wire

by Neil Shortland, University of Massachusetts Lowell As the coronavirus spreads and demand for medical gear far outstrips the supplies,...

Trump White House weighing tax cut for rich investors as workers and small businesses struggle

From the Wire

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Leaked Border Patrol memo tells agents to send migrants back immediately — ignoring asylum law

From the Wire

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US Government’s handling of coronavirus crisis has likely led to severe undercounting of deaths, public health officials say

From the Wire

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It’s hardly shocking the Navy fired a commander for warning of coronavirus threat. It’s part of a pattern.

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