October 05, 2020 / By mobanmarket
A climate activist who chained herself to a Shell vessel last year to protest oil drilling in the Arctic argued this week that she was compelled to act to prevent environmental catastrophe. Chiara D’Angelo, 21, who climbed the vessel’s anchor chain with a sign that read, “Save the Arctic” and locked her harness to the […]
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Indigenous people in Canada are rising up together in greater numbers than ever before to oppose tar sands pipelines on their traditional territory, forming fierce coalitions to oppose pro-oil regional governments and fossil fuel industry officials who are pushing for more tar sands infrastructure. “An alliance of indigenous nations, from coast to coast, is being […]
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“Taking the lead” in prioritizing workers and families, San Francisco on Tuesday became the first city in the U.S. to mandate six weeks of fully paid parental leave. The new measure closes the financial gap in previous legislation, which allowed new mothers and fathers six weeks of semi-paid leave—giving them 55 percent of their paychecks […]
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The U.S. Supreme Court fight over public sector unions—which had the potential to deal a serious blow to organized labor nationwide—”sputtered to an end” on Tuesday in a 4-4 tie that leaves intact a favorable lower court ruling. The plaintiffs in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association—backed by right-wing, anti-union groups like the Center for Individual […]
View ArticleOctober 04, 2020 / By mobanmarket
The Ohio River begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela, at a pristine park in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. It flows for nearly a thousand miles, along the borders of West Virginia and Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and Illinois before it empties into the Mississippi. This was once the heart of […]
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Two former Democratic administration officials are jockeying for the chance to take on Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), setting up a race that Democrats hope will help the party expand its footprint in the red state. Colin Allred, a former professional football player and former Department of Housing and Urban Development lawyer, and Ed Meier, a […]
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Puerto Rico says it will default on its debt Monday, escalating the economic crisis on the island that sees no sign of stopping in the face of exploitative hedge funds. The commonwealth is expected to miss its upcoming $422 million bond payment for its Government Development Bank. The default comes after U.S. Congress failed to […]
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Conditions for refugees have deteriorated in Greece in the wake of last month’s controversial EU-Turkey deal to such an extent that newborn babies are being deprived of milk, endangering their lives, refugee advocates and rights groups say. “Approximately 25 babies under the age of six months, whose mothers are unable to breastfeed, are being given […]
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Mass arrests took place during the weekend’s Break Free actions around the world, and more demonstrations were happening on Sunday, the final day of a global wave of actions calling for a just transition away from fossil fuels. More than 100 people were arrested Sunday at a coal mine in Germany, the site of a […]
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A series of emails released Friday show what activists describe as “collusion” between U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Wall Street executives to push for the passage the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The emails (pdf), obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the group Rootstrikers, which organizes against money in politics, include […]
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