Tag Archive: Community
Philadelphia’s Unprecedented Housing Deal Will Cede Vacant Houses to Homeless Protesters
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Activism, Community, Economy, Human Rights, Law, News, North America/United States of America, Social Justice, Women’s Rights
Released for Syndication: 11/16/2020
The breakthrough agreement could become a template to curb the U.S. housing crisis.
Full ArticleHow Californians Came Together to Deal With Wildfires During the Pandemic
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Activism, Community, Environment, News, North America/United States of America, Social Benefits, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 11/10/2020
As the climate disaster worsens, this Santa Cruz neighborhood offers a model for how one person and some flyers can become a collaborative mutual aid initiative.
Full ArticleVictims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice
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Satya Vatti
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Activism, Community, History, Human Rights, North America/United States of America, Social Justice
Released for Syndication: 11/09/2020
Before the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it conducted tests that have caused serious health issues to generations of New Mexico residents—who remain uncompensated.
Full ArticleBlackRock Stakeholders Do Not Consent to Bankrolling Violence
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Leela Loha
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Activism, Asia/Pakistan, Climate Change, Community, Economy, Environment, Gun Control, Human Rights, Immigration, Middle East/Afghanistan, Middle East/Iraq, Middle East/Syria, Middle East/Yemen, News, North America/United States of America, Prison Reform, Social Justice, War
Released for Syndication: 10/28/2020
The broader investment world is finally waking up to the power of investing based on environmental, social, and governance-based principles (ESG), whether due to...
Full ArticleActivists Around the U.S. Are Using Street Art to Protest Trump
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Activism, Community, Economy, Environment, Immigration, Indigenous Resistance, Law, News, North America/Mexico, North America/United States of America, Politics, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive, Trump
Released for Syndication: 10/27/2020
Street art is a tool for activists in the era of Trump and social distancing.
Full ArticleHow a Strike by Strippers in Portland Has Grown Into a Nationwide Movement Against Racism in Night Clubs
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Activism, Community, Economy, Health Care, Human Rights, Indigenous Resistance, Interview, Labor, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Social Benefits, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive, Women’s Rights
Released for Syndication: 09/30/2020
An interview with a leader of the Portland Stripper Strike on the growing movement for equal treatment and better labor protections for dancers.
Full ArticleEurope Is Perversely Causing the Destruction of U.S. Forests in the Name of Fighting Climate Change
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Danna Smith
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Activism, Climate Change, Community, Economy, Environment, Europe, Europe/Belgium, Europe/Denmark, Europe/France, Europe/Ireland, Europe/The Netherlands, Europe/United Kingdom, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 09/23/2020
Several EU nations have embraced biomass electricity, which speeds up carbon emissions, pollution and forest destruction.
Full ArticleCommunity Fridges Are Popping Up Across America for Mutual Aid Amid the Pandemic
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Activism, Community, Economy, Food, Indigenous Resistance, News, North America/United States of America, Social Benefits, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 09/18/2020
Fighting food insecurity, one block at a time.
Full ArticleHow a Dire Shortage of Poll Workers Imperils American Democracy
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Tom Conway
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Activism, Community, Labor, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive, Trump, Voting Rights
Released for Syndication: 09/14/2020
Kristi Serwin knows that Americans clamoring for social justice and decent treatment of working people can correct the nation’s course only with a fair,...
Full ArticleOregon Is on the Cusp of a Major Precedent in National Drug Reform: Decriminalizing Everything
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Activism, Community, Drug Policy, Drugs, Drugs/Marijuana, Drugs/Opioid Crisis, Drugs/Psychedelics, Drugs/Stimulants, Europe/Portugal, Health Care, Law, News, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Social Benefits, Social Justice, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 09/11/2020