236 Mayors Urge EPA Not to Repeal U.S. Clean Power Plan

The mayors, representing 51 million people across 47 states, told Scott Pruitt the Obama-era emissions rules are needed to protect their cities from climate change.

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Why Are More Cities Divesting From Big Oil? It’s Moral—and Practical

Direct divestment programs and lawsuits are products of people power – activists organizing in coalitions of aligned interest groups and working with like-minded elected officials – and they are not the only tools available to us.

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Florida Students Confront Lawmakers on Gun Control As Thousands Walk Out

100 Parkland students travelled 450 miles to the state capital while others at dozens of high schools walked out in support of #NeverAgain.

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Florida Republicans’ Offers Of Prayers Invite Accusations Of Hypocrisy

Marco Rubio and Gov. Rick Scott have long fought against gun control legislation.

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To Defend the Referendum, Catalans are Building a Republic From Street Assemblies Up

“Everyone has a reason that moves us to fight for democracy, independence and freedom," says Elisenda, a mother in Barcelona who joined one of her local Committees to Defend the Referendum (CDR) as Catalonia presses for independence.

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Want to Grow the U.S. Economy? Cancel Student Debt, New Report Shows

Cancelling all student debt could boost U.S. GDP by more than $1 trillion over 10 years and lead to an increase of up to 1.5 million new jobs, according to a new report by the Levy Economics Institute.

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Lawmakers From Both Parties Move to Ban Fracking in Florida

The bill would place a permanent ban on "advanced well stimulation techniques" for producing oil and gas, including fracking and acidizing, across the state.

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A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

America's left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund higher education for all.

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DREAMers wrestle with being used as “hostages” in immigration debate

The status quo is unbearable. So is the guilt of selling other immigrants out.

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A Powerful Economic Justice Movement Is Brewing, Even in This Dark Time

Today’s dire threats to our democracy did not arise out of nowhere.

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