After more than three years of advocating on behalf of mental health reform at the local, state and federal level, NAMI’s hard-fought battle is over. Congress passed mental health reform…
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Bipartisan Anger Grows Over Russian Interference Into U.S. Election
December 12, 2016Republican and Democratic senators say it must not become a “partisan issue.”
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Iowa Bets Big on Wind Power
December 12, 2016The state’s latest 2,500 megawatts of new projects are part of a wind energy surge around the country.
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Instead of Getting Trashed, Uneaten Airline Food Is Feeding the Hungry
December 12, 2016An Australian organization collects uneaten meals and donates them to local charities.
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Signs of progress abound, but many traditions and cultural mores are yet to be overcome.
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Delaware effectively abandons the death penalty
December 12, 2016Delaware Supreme Court ruled in Rauf v. State that the state’s death penalty statute is unconstitutional.
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On Monday, Native Americans conducted a forgiveness ceremony with U.S. veterans at the Standing Rock casino, giving the veterans an opportunity to atone for military actions conducted against Natives throughout…
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In huge victory, Army Corps of Engineers calls for full environmental impact statement on pipeline
December 5, 2016The Army Corps of Engineers has announced that it will require a full environmental impact statement for the section of the Dakota Access Pipeline that crosses Sioux ancestral lands and…
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From farmworkers to restaurant servers
Added by greeley August 27, 2016From farmworkers to restaurant servers, the food system employs millions of laborers around the world to pick, package, transport, deliver, and cook our food every day. Of the 3 billion workers in the world’s labor force, about 40 percent are employed in agriculture alone, according to the International Labor Organization of the United Nations (ILO).
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump’s foreign policy speech failure
Added by greeley August 17, 2016By Georgia Logothetis Tuesday Aug 16, 2016 · 4:35 AM PDT on Daily Kos