Aug 04 2011
Indigenous Groups, Environmentalists Plan Massive DC Action Aug 20th Against Tar Sands Pipeline
Indigenous groups and others will descend on Washington DC this August 20th to protest the planned 2000 mile Keystone XL pipeline. They have vowed to engage in acts of civil disobedience over 2 weeks. If approved, the $7billion pipeline will carry up to 900,000 barrels of tar-sands crude oil a day from Alberta, Canada to …
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Eighty nine public schools in the state of Pennsylvania have been flagged for suspiciously high student test scores, leading authorities to believe tampering occurred in the administration of the tests. Ten years after the passage of the Bush-era “No Child Left Behind” Act, Pennsylvania joins dozens of states where schools have been found to engage in “cheating.” Among the evidence …
Most Americans don’t think about the origins of the produce that stocks our supermarket shelves. From tomatoes to strawberries, and everything in between, the fruits and vegetables we eat are almost certainly picked by severely under-paid farm workers mostly from Latin America, who constantly move from one town to the next, harvesting produce. Even if we have a vague …
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A day after the House of Representatives passed the compromise bill on raising the debt ceiling and reducing spending, U.S. Senators passed the same bill 74-26. President Obama signed the bill into law the same day. The goal of Republicans was to reduce spending more than the amount that the debt ceiling was raised. Despite the fact that the bill …
The members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) have high hopes for their new president, Warren Fletcher. Elected on March 30th of this year, Fletcher differs greatly from his predecessor AJ Duffy. In fact, he beat out Duffy’s chosen successor, Julie Washington by 6 percent in a run-off election, representing a new direction for the union. Warren was backed …
Motivated by starvation, a pregnant woman walks through the desert for 30 days before reaching a relief camp, giving birth upon arrival. A mother of seven feeds her children on grass and leaves for days while traveling to the same camp. Her baby son develops diarrhea on the journey and dies soon after arrival. These are just two …
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents. 
