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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From Florida to Ohio, Communities Want Legal Rights for Threatened Bodies of Water
Fed-up residents in Gainsville, Fla., and Toledo, Ohio, are using tools of direct democracy to circumvent elected officials and put initiatives on the ballot granting legal rights to rivers and other bodies of water.
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Our Water, Our Future: Small Oregon Town Fights Back Against Another Nestle Water Grab
For years, local activists have been fighting to keep Nestlé, the world’s largest water bottler, from building a bottling facility on the magnificent Columbia River Gorge, essentially privatizing a public resource. Now you can help them in that battle.