The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In Texas
Nearly 40 armed men, women and children waited outside a Dallas restaurant to protest a membership meeting for the state chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
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Progressive City of Keene, N.H., Debates Future With Natural Gas
Chilly New Hampshire winters have always inspired fierce competition and debate among energy providers. In the Monadnock Region, a liberal enclave in the purple state’s patchwork of political affiliations, residents might get a new choice in the form of natural gas.
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Bill de Blasio: A Mayor for the New Economy
New York City's new mayor has laid out a radically inclusive economic agenda.
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Bay Area Commits to 80% Greenhouse Gas Reduction
The goal is to reduce emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
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50 Organizations Call For Ban on Armed Drones
The dozens of groups and over 75,000 individuals are calling for sanctions against nations that carry out drone attacks in violation of international law, and are demanding an immediate U.S. ban on the use or sale of weaponized drones.
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Shining Soul: A Phoenix Hip-Hop Duo Raps on Border Militarization
"Any MC back in New York knows that Hip-Hop began with that cultural pride of people who were living in the ghetto, living in the hood, living on the rez. [Our] beats are coupled with the critical, crucial and sometimes urgent messages you need to put in music."
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At Warsaw Climate Summit, World Awaits Leaders to Stop Posturing and Start Acting
As the Philippines reels from a massive typhoon that reportedly killed 10,000 people, global climate envoys meeting Monday in Poland will begin two weeks of negotiations to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive climate change pact in 2015.
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Privatizing Our Vote: The Ultimate Crime
Over the past decade or so our elected representatives have slowly but surely handed the power to decide our elections over to a handful of giant, mostly Republican-connected corporations.
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Newfoundland Bans Fracking, As First Nations-Led New Brunswick Protests Continue
Western Newfoundland’s shale-oil deposits have been described as potentially vast, but the region includes the Gros Morne National Park, which is a world heritage site and huge tourist attraction.
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"We Will Not Obey:" Building Global Resistance To the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The development nationwide of "TPP-Free Zones" sends a clear message to Obama and Congress that communities will not allow a secretly negotiated trade deal by transnational corporations to undermine the ability of local governments to legislate.
