Tag: Rhode Island

“Physically and emotionally, a school shooting takes your whole life and flips it upside down.”

Democratic-led states say canceling the BRIC program violates federal law and endangers communities preparing for floods, fires, and other climate disasters.

While the Baltimore and Rhode Island cases proceed in state courts, the fossil fuel companies continue to pursue federal court jurisdiction.

“We’re going to keep fighting, we’re not going to allow this to be a sacrifice zone for people of color.”

John Marion has successfully spearheaded numerous pieces of democracy reform, including online voter registration, a law strengthening the state’s Ethics Commission and automatic voter registration and risk-limiting post-election audits.

Emergency vehicles swarmed the scene and nearby businesses had to evacuate.

These victories—many of them bipartisan—across the country give hope for 2017.