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  • Zurawski v. State of Texas: Women Sue After Being Denied Life-saving Abortions

    The 19th Mar 8, 2023

    Though speaking out requires them to relive losing their wanted pregnancies, four plaintiffs told The 19th they’re doing it because they know they’re “not the only ones like this.”…

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  • Lessons from a Historic Win for Service Worker Pay

    Fund the People Mar 8, 2023

    READ THE TRANSCRIPT This episode offers an incredible story – and perhaps a bold new model for increasing investments in America’s nonprofit workforce.You’ll learn how a group of nonprofits showed elected leaders the essential value of the nonprofit human services workforce, and broke through malaise…

    Read the full article at: fundthepeople.org

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  • How to Start Your Environmental Activism Journey

    Medium Mar 8, 2023

    For most things in life, from keeping a bug collection as a hobby to putting a satellite into orbit, taking off is the hardest part. The same happens even for…

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  • Discrimination Based on Caste is Pervasive in South Asian Communities Around the World – Now Seattle has Banned It

    The Conversation Mar 7, 2023

    Two social scientists explain how caste-identities are pervasive in not just Hinduism but other South Asian faith groups as well.

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  • Paid Family Leave Policies Help Women Remain in the Workforce

    Washington Center for Equitable Growth Mar 6, 2023

    Access to paid leave in three states was associated with a significant decrease in the likelihood of women leaving their jobs following a spouse’s health shock.

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  • The Protests Against the Expansion of German Coal Production

    Grist Mar 5, 2023

    Police dispersed hundreds of protestors rallying to save a tiny village from demolition.

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  • Why Climate Activists Use Confrontational Tactics

    Grist Mar 5, 2023

    Throwing soup on a van Gogh. Blocking roads. Deflating SUV tires. Here’s why climate protests are getting so confrontational.

    Read the full article at: grist.org

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  • The Solution to Plastic Waste? Stop Making New Plastic.

    Grist Mar 4, 2023

    A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.’s plastic pollution problem: Stop making so much plastic. “Not producing waste in the first…

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  • Why the Humble City Bus is the Key to Improving US Public Transit

    The Conversation Mar 4, 2023

    High-quality bus service is the fastest route to rapid, comprehensive public transit in the United States. This country was once a leader in bus transit, and with adequate funding, it could be again.

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  • A Pipeline Company Paid Minnesota to Police Line 3 Protests

    Grist Mar 4, 2023

    From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, public records show every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.

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  • The Violence Facing Water Defenders in Honduras

    Al Jazeera Mar 4, 2023

    President Xiomara Castro’s government must do more to protect those fighting for environmental rights, critics say.

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  • Neurotoxins in the Environment are Damaging Human Brain Health – and More Frequent Fires and Floods May Make the Problem Worse

    The Conversation Mar 3, 2023

    In the summer of 2021, a toxic, smoky haze stemming from Western wildfires wafted across large parts of the United States, while hurricanes wrought extensive flooding in the southern and…

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