As local politicians attempt to keep government from grinding to a halt, they need the support of an involved citizenry. This article by Brooks Rainwater and Nestor M. Davidson was published on City Lab, March 8th, 2018. In the wake of the Parkland tragedy, mayors of Florida cities—and other local leaders across the nation—want to [...]
Yascha Mounk says the rise of populism isn’t over yet. This interview with Yascha Mounk appeared in The Atlantic, March 4th, 2018. Almost everyone who writes about challenges to democracy sooner or later encounters the important work of Yascha Mounk. The list of his accomplishments is a long one: The German-born scholar lectures on political [...]
A Blog Posting by Tish O'Dell of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from February 25, 2017. It’s Black History Month. And I’m a white woman community organizer working in mostly white communities for a white organization that recognizes we live in an unjust, racist, misogynist, eco-suicidal western world. I have a lot to learn about my white [...]
A blog posting by Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from January 29, 2018. Here’s a New Year’s resolution before January comes to a close – let’s stop lying to each other. Let’s stop lying about the state of the planet and what it will really take to fix it. Let’s stop lying [...]
A Blog Posting by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from January 15, 2018. Being punished for advocating and promoting fundamental rights is as American as pizza, tacos, and apple pie. On this day of remembrance for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is fitting that we commemorate the way the system he struggled to change – [...]
A Blog Posting by Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from January 5th, 2018. As I spend time with family in the Boston area, I’m no more than a mile away from what was once known as “Harmony Grove,” where the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society celebrated the Fourth of July with picnics and rallies for over [...]
This article by Will Falk appeared in the San Diego Free Press, December 8, 2017. Our first-in-the-nation lawsuit seeking personhood for the Colorado River was dismissed. After the Colorado Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss and threatened sanctions against attorney Jason Flores-Williams for the unforgivable act of requesting rights for nature, Flores-Williams withdrew our case. [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk appeared on Deep Green Resistance News Service, November 27, 2017. Editor’s note: This is the latest installment from Will Falk as he follows the Colorado River from headwaters to delta, before heading to court to argue for the Colorado River to be recognized as having inherent rights. More details on [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk was posted on Deep Green Resistance News Service November 22, 2017. Editor’s note: This is the latest installment from Will Falk as he follows the Colorado River from headwaters to delta, before heading to court to argue for the Colorado River to be recognized as having inherent rights. More details [...]
This original article by Al Geddicks was published by the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council June 28, 2107. Aquila’s Back Forty Project is not accurately described in the Mine Permit Application (MPA) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) *Aquila Resources wants to develop a large open pit (2000 ft.wide, 2500 ft. long and 750 ft. deep) massive gold-zinc [...]
