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Environmental news roundup: Massive Peoples Climate March at UN Sept. 21

July 2, 2014 By Marc Brodine

On the environmental front, there is a confusing and contradictory mix of bad news along with progress to celebrate.

Yuengling Brewery billionaire pushes “right-to-work” in my home county

July 1, 2014 By Michael Leonard

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where I grew up, is famous for two things: anthracite coal and union organizing.

Texas Democrats set progressive platform

July 1, 2014

Texas Democrats put fair wages, spending on education, gender equality, immigration reform, LGBT rights, anti-outsourcing, and anti-privatization at the top of their priorities

Louisianans march for clean water, demand oil companies own up

July 1, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Oil and gas canals and pipelines have destroyed much of the Louisiana coastal lands.

“Workers’ rights same as civil rights,” says actor and activist Danny Glover

July 1, 2014 By James Raines

"Well first of all, I have been involved with issues about labor for a great deal of my life, I come out of a union family and my mother and my father were very much involved...