U.S.
A year after Chevron explosion, the grassroots mobilizes
August 13, 2013A protest grew to 3,000 once it reached the gates of the Chevron refinery, and 209 were subsequently arrested in a sit-down act of non-violent civil disobedience.
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Idaho natives face off against tar sands disruption
August 13, 2013The problem? The truck was illegally advancing through tribal lands and a federally-protected river area.
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Counseling center shutdown teaches important health care lessons
August 13, 2013A right-wing governor has used an unreliable study and nonexistent federal requirements to replace local, community-based, nonprofit health care providers with out-of-state for-profit companies.
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Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote
August 13, 2013By signing the new law, the Republican governor replaced one of the best voting laws in the country with one that is arguably now the worst.
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Arizona mural dramatizes killings by border agents
August 13, 2013"Mother Demands Justice" was the theme of a press conference and protest at the unveiling of a large public mural in downtown Tucson commemorating the murder of a Mexican teen.
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