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The fight for S.L.E.E.P.S. has hit the streets of Eugene, Oregon. In this case S.L.E.E.P.S. stands for safe legally entitiled emergency places to sleep. The struggle is still in its early stages and already Lane County Administrator Liane Richardson has lost her job, and nationally recognized civil rights lawyer, Lauren Regan has notched another victory […]
Retired New York Police Department Detective, Frank Serpico is a cultural icon for the stand he took against corruption in the 1960’s NYPD. Now he’s back in the news, linked to the Adrian Schoolcraft whistleblowing case against the current NYPD. Frank and I talk about corrupt cops, healthy food, taking a stand, and his hopes […]
The Occupy movement will be two years old in just over a month, and in just over a week, Occupy will celebrate its second annual Occupy Natioinal Gathering. Planners have been planning for the better part of a year. Occupy Kalamazoo put their town forward as host. The host city is preparing with non-violence training […]
The United States Government is now only able to advance legislation if it has enough corporate backers. In April: Congress defeated a package of gun control laws which enjoyed sweeping popular support. At about the same time, that same congress secretly passed the Monsanto Protection Act, which gives Monsanto the legal right to poison every […]
Climate activist, Tim DeChristopher spent 21 months in jail because he protested an illegal oil and gas lease sale in the Canyonlands of Utah. The auction was ruled illegal and canceled, but Judge Dee Benson prohibited Tim from using the canceled sale as evidence in his trial. Judge Benson also prohibited Tim from using his […]
The U.S. Appeals court in New York ruled in favor of the government in the landmark Hedges v Obama case. Now there are no limits to the American government’s use of Indefinite detention without trial. What does this mean for our democracy? Former President Jimmy Carter says that the United States no longer has a […]