The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
Berta Cáceres
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Almost Four Environmental Defenders A Week Were Killed in 2017
197 people were killed last year for defending land, wildlife or natural resources, new Global Witness data reveals.
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Act Out! [103] - Revolutionary Women You’ve Never Heard Of & Bernie Sanders’s New Party
This week on Act Out, for those of you watching this on Wednesday, March 8, you’ve come to the right place for an International Women’s Day special—but not in the way that you think.
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Goldman Prize Winner Who Fought Illegal Logging Is Shot Dead In Mexico
Indigenous activist Isidro Baldenegro López, who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his crusade against illegal logging, has been gunned down, becoming the second award-winner murdered in less than 12 months.
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Standing Rock Joins the World’s Indigenous Fighting For Land and Life
Military-style troops confronted Dakota Access water defenders recently, underscoring the common narrative U.S. tribes share with the world’s Indigenous Peoples.
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World Anger Over Honduras Activist Lesbia Yaneth Urquia's Death
A mother of three children, Urquía was a member of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras, the same organization founded by Berta Cáceres — who was also murdered for working to stop a hydroelectric project.
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Drugs, Dams, and Power: The Murder of Hunduran Activist BERTA CÁCERES
The winner of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize, her murder has prompted an international outcry as well as investigations supported by the United Nations and the FBI.
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Berta Cáceres, Honduran human rights and environment activist, murdered
The co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras was shot dead by gunmen who entered her home at around 1am on Thursday – barely a week after Cáceres was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project.
