Yearly Archives: 2021
Timber tax cuts cost Oregon towns billions. Then polluted water drove up the price.
Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds from logging-related contamination.
Biden/Harris and the progressive case against a ‘return to normal’
Come January 20th, the American left will need to be ready to fight for a seat at the table in an incoming administration that seems less and less inclined to woo them the closer he gets to taking office.
Joliet sergeant indicted after releasing video of alleged police misconduct
“You arrest the sergeant for doing the right thing, but you don’t arrest the officers for doing the wrong thing.”
Federal judge blocks voter purge of 4,000 Georgia voters
National Democratic Party attorney Marc Elias called this move a “blow to GOP voter suppression.”
National park ranger condemned for attacking unarmed Indigenous man on sacred Native land
“Public lands are stolen lands,” asserted Red Nation. “Indigenous people have the right to practice their culture and spiritual ways on Indigenous land without fear of repression, discrimination, or violence.”
Looking ahead to 2021: COP26, clean air, and Biden’s next steps
If 2020 was the year a growing number of polluters — whether companies or governments — pledged to tackle climate change, 2021 needs to be the year these pledges sprout wings and start soaring towards progress.