This article by Sharon Lerner appeared in The Intercept on September 15th, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: It's no wonder, after reading the first two paragraphs of this article, why the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico said what they said about the growing Community Rights movement in the [...]
Ralph Nader interviews Jefferey Clements on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. This 72 minute interview, and roughly 30 minute Q and A at the end, can be listened to and downloaded HERE. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: At 47:57 in the Q and A Ralph fielded a question about the [...]
This article by Athena Cocoves appeared in the Toledo City Paper on September 12, 2018. If you ask the grassroots organization Toledoans for Safe Water, the answer is clear: Yes, and it is the best way to protect the people’s right to access safe and clean water and the Lake’s right to exist and flourish. [...]
This letter to the editor by Bryan Twitchell appeared in the Toledo City Paper, September 12, 2018. I’ve been working on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) for about two years. I’ve gathered petitions regardless of temperature or weather conditions, in every social situation from massive parades to my local church. Over the course of these [...]
A Press Release by the Columbus Community Bill of Rights (CCBOR) and posted on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website on September 8th, 2018. Columbus, OH: On Friday, several corporate lobbyist groups filed amicus briefs to the Ohio Supreme Court in the rapidly-moving lawsuit brought by Columbus Community Bill of Rights (CCBOR) to have an initiated Community [...]
This article by Will Falk was published on the Voices of Diversity website, September 3rd, 2018. I need to come clean. When I joined Colorado River Ecosystem v. Colorado, the first-ever federal lawsuit to seek personhood and the rights of nature for a major ecosystem,my intentions were not completely sincere. The truth is, I never thought we [...]
This letter to the editor by Gregory Pace appeared in The Columbus Dispatch, August 31st, 2018. The Franklin County Board of Elections committed a travesty last week when it refused to put a citizen initiative that was duly approved by Columbus City Council, including two city attorneys, on the November ballot. During the past year, [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade on August 31st, 2018. Two activist groups have filed separate lawsuits challenging the controversial decisions made by the Lucas County Board of Elections this past Tuesday to prevent their citizen-led initiatives from being placed on the Nov. 6 ballot. On Thursday, Toledoans for Safe Water [...]
As mayor of Tallahassee, Gillum launched a campaign against state suppression of local democracy. This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Nation on August 30, 2018. Andrew Gillum won the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida on a bold progressive platform. He championed Medicare for All, criminal-justice reform, abolishing ICE, and investing in education [...]
This article by Lauren Lindstrom appeared in The Toledo Blade on August 27, 2018. Accusing Lucas County Board of Elections of thwarting democracy, supporters of two petitions excluded from the November ballot by board vote said they plan to sue for their inclusion. The two petitions — one seeking to keep the Lucas County jail in [...]
