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Tue, 2012-07-03 22:06

Gulf Watch: Immigrant Workers Make Walmart Kneel and The RESTORE Act Passes Finally

As we approach the 4th of July, the ground is finally breaking for coastal restoration and immigrant workers’ rights in the Gulf Coast region. [...Read more]

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Brentin Mock


Thu, 2012-07-12 15:38

In Canada's Tar Sands, a Dante's Hell Threatens People Nearby and Across the Globe

In Canada's western province of Alberta, Melina Laboucan-Massimo’s community—the Lubicon Lake Nation—has endured a withering toxic tar sands oil assault, an Armageddon against nature few Americans are fully aware of. Here in the once pristine sub-Arctic, tar sands mining operations level vast swaths of boreal forests near native lands, as  [...Read more]

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Rocky Kistner


Tue, 2012-07-17 11:10

RESTORE Act: Key Environmental Legislation or Blank Check for Businessmen and Developers?

Obama RESTORE ActOne thing is for sure: When it comes to how the billions of dollars in BP fines slated for the Gulf Coast is used by the states, advocates, watch-dog groups and citizens alike best keep their nose on the money trail. Businesses and political leaders are already making plans for the use of those funds. [...Read more]

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Cherri Foytlin


Sat, 2012-07-21 11:06

National Economic & Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) Asks Federal Government to Intervene in Unjust Evictions of Katrina Victims

safe harbor drawingBy Zack Carter, Alabama Fisheries Cooperative, A Multicultural Fisher & Seafood Worker-Owned Cooperative (Belle Fontaine, Ala.)  A well-written and informative introduction to this unbelievable story of corruption – which can only be understood as a brazen attempt to turn an $18 million Katrina housing development into a [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Mon, 2012-07-23 14:21

Creating Excellent Schools is not the Same as Creating Excellent School Systems

By Dr Lance Hill, crossposted from the Louisiana Justice Institute, originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog. Charter schools that perform better by recruiting and retaining better students don’t exist in a vacuum: skimming the best and most prof [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf


Mon, 2012-07-30 14:19

Protesting BP's Olympic greenwash

bp greenwashCrossposted from Facing South. Number of people arrested last week following a protest at the Olympic Clock in London's Trafalgar Square, where activists posing as representatives of BP and other notorious polluters that are so-called "sustainability partners" for this year's Olympic ga [...Read more]

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Sue Sturgis


Tue, 2012-07-31 13:55

Consent Decree between NOPD and DOJ includes Unprecedented Victory for LGBT Youth

breakout at urban congress rallyBy Wesley Ware, BreakOUT! The Consent Decree between the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released last week is the furthest the Department of Justice has ever gone in addressing profiling a [...Read more]

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Bridge The Gulf