Tag: Oregon
Despite what the logging industry says, cutting down trees isn’t stopping...
Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires, but science doesn’t support that.
4 lawsuits that challenge Trump’s federal agents in Portland test issues...
The nation was founded on the principle that freedom is safeguarded by two governments, a federal government with specific, limited powers, and state governments with all other powers.
The COIN doctrine comes to Portland?
The president has also promised to deploy similar militarized police to other cities, claiming that those run by Democrats are somehow in the thrall of the ‘radical left’, despite the latter being among the most strident critics of the former.
Oregon Senator promises to block Trump from sending armored federal law...
“We won't let these authoritarian tactics stand.”
Watching constitutionally protected freedoms die in Oregon
How long will the term “free press,” or for that matter, “freedom,” have any real meaning?
In Oregon and five other states, youth are making legal cases...
The legal theory underpinning Chernaik v. Brown and other youth climate litigation derives from the public trust doctrine — the concept that natural resources are held in trust by governments that must protect them.
Emails show FBI and police are monitoring Oregon anti-pipeline activists
The emails circulated by the task force include activists' social media posts, emails and rally announcements.
Oregon Republicans backed by right-wing militias flee state to stall vote...
The Oregon State Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to...
As the far-right descends on Portland, police target counter-protesters
“Today, we offer our complete and unwavering solidarity with workers, immigrants, migrant justice organizers, and human rights activists to say loudly and clearly no to fascist organizing taking place in Portland, Oregon.”
Portland, Oregon wins court battle to ban new oil infrastructure
With the latest ruling in Oregon, it appears the legal basis has been laid for what the oil industry considers a catastrophe.
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Clinging bitterly to guns and religion
What will it take to convince Americans to turn their backs on empire and war before it’s too late?
Brazil’s beef industry linked to deforestation in Amazon
800 million trees were cut down in six years due to cattle ranching, which accounts for 80 percent of current deforestation throughout the Amazon.
‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange
A growing number of politicians are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.
When 3 men richer than 165 million people, Sanders says working class must ‘come...
Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the independent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together."
AI Genie is out of the bottle—UN should take the challenge to make it...
The global community should be comforted knowing that the leadership of the United Nations already knows well what steps are to be taken at this juncture.