Tag: Oregon
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.
Endorsing ‘violence and extremism among his base,’ Trump pardons Oregon ranchers...
"This pardon is a win only for those with no respect for life and basic decency."
First US City to ban fossil fuel expansion offers road map...
In Portland, Oregon, climate activists celebrate a win against Big Oil as city and state-level initiatives gain momentum across the country.
Oregon and Washington join 20 countries to phase out coal by...
"Phasing out coal power is good news for the climate, for our health and for our kids."
8 states that made 2016 a huge year for clean energy
These victories—many of them bipartisan—across the country give hope for 2017.
Historic CEO pay tax passes in Portland
The Oregon city has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations with extreme gaps between their CEO and worker pay.
Oregon Locals Take On Corporate Power With ‘Tax Corporations’ Measure 97
Learn from Oregon’s amazing activists and organizers and organizations like the coalition behind Measure 97.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.