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Eliza Dewey |
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May 27, 2015

‘Funeral’ Mourns Lack of City-funded Youth Jobs

Youth organizers staged a ‘funeral’ procession for youth jobs in downtown Boston last week to criticize the lack of significant funding increases in the city’s budget for summer and year-round employment — a flatline that they said reflected misplaced priorities on the part of City Hall when compared to increases in the city’s police budget. “We’re not getting enough youth jobs, and we’re getting a...
By
Linda Borg

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May 26, 2015

60 High Schoolers Protest at Providence City Hall

PROVIDENCE — Chanting "Keep Your Promise" and "My Feet Hurt," more than 60 Providence high school students made repeated laps around the inside of City Hall and urged Mayor Jorge Elorza to expand the number of students who receive bus passes to get to school. The students, mostly members of a student activist group called the Providence Student Union, demanded that Elorza make good on...
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Brian Maffly
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May 21, 2015

Governor Touts $21B Energy Sector While ‘Zombies’ Protest Utah’s Fossil-fuel Bias

The energy sector fuels $21 billion in economic activity for Utah, eclipsing outdoor recreation and tourism, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Thursday at his annual Energy Development Summit. A new report, prepared by Applied Analysis of Las Vegas, found petroleum refining represents the largest share of Utah’s energy industry at $7.2 billion, followed by oil and gas production valued at $5.2 billion and $4.2 billion in...
By
Mitch Kellaway
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May 13, 2015

LOOK: This New Orleans Billboard Makes 400K Aware of Transphobic Violence Daily

See photo here. New Orleans LGBT youth of color activist group BreakOUT! has one simple question: Where is the national outrcry over the murders of trans women of color? Already this year , nine trans women and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the U.S., with others likely going unreported or misgendered in death — an average of over two a month, in a consistent...
By
Gabriel J. Sanchez
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May 13, 2015

Protesters Campaign Against the Use of Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

East Bay residents are joining with demonstrators across the state to protest against what advocates call “solitary confinement” on the 23rd of each month. The first joint protest was on held in downtown Oakland on March 23, and demonstrators will continue to meet monthly. The date was chosen “to signify the 23 hours a day that these men spend in these tiny cages when they’re...
By
Debbie Kelley
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May 8, 2015

Biofuel Co-op Eager to Provide Alternative Fuel in Pikes Peak Region

An idea that's been puttering along for several years has gained enough momentum to generate excitement among local alternative fuel supporters. Members of Colorado Springs Biofuel Co-op, a group that formed in 2013 to increase public awareness and availability of homegrown organic fuels, are putting the final touches on a processor they've built to produce biodiesel fuel from used restaurant vegetable oil. Steve Moll, owner...
By
Clara Lefton
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May 7, 2015

LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace: Local Orgs. Provide Support

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people has been a hot topic in the media recently after Indiana passed its Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, RFRA. The religious objections bill would have allowed organizations and businesses to legally discriminate against the LGBTQ community. However, significant backlash quickly had the bill overturned. The state of Arkansas also attempted to pass a similar law...
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Whitney Randolph
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May 2, 2015

Protesters March on Marks Farms Following Alleged Beating, Firing of Worker

LOWVILLE — Three organizations that support immigrant farmworkers held a peaceful protest Friday at Marks Farms in response to an incident in which an employee was allegedly beaten and fired by a farm supervisor. About 35 protesters marched onto Marks Farms to raise awareness to stop violence against workers and wage theft in commemoration of International Workers Day. May First Agricultural Workers’ Committee, Workers Center...
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Linda Borg

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May 1, 2015

Providence Students to R.I. Lawmakers: Repair Our Schools

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Forty Providence high school students rallied at the State House Wednesday to demand money to repair school buildings they say are unfit for learning and, at times, unsafe. Members of the Providence Student Union, a student-led activist group, called for an end to the statewide moratorium on school construction, now in its third year. Wearing yellow hard hats, students described school buildings...
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Chris Mascaro
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May 1, 2015

American Dream Awards to Honor Danbury's Immigrant Leaders

See photos here. DANBURY -- Realizing the American Dream remains hard for some in the immigrant community. But the Tribuna newspaper continues to celebrate the pursuit of that dream at its annual gala and tries to raise the spirits of those who fight for it every day. The paper will host the American Dream Awards on May 16 at the Portuguese Cultural Center to honor...

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