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Paris Achen
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May 1, 2015

May Day Demonstrators March in Statehouse

Watch the video here. MONTPELIER – More than 100 May Day demonstrators marched through the Statehouse Friday disrupting debate in both the House and the Senate. The demonstrators were divided into at least two groups. One group chanted "Governor Shumlin, hear us roar, no more cutbacks on the floor," as they wound up a staircase leading to the lobby to the House and Senate. "Demonstrators...
By
Alice Miller
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April 24, 2015

Report Shows Disparity in Health Insurance, Access to Care for Native Americans

Although 6.5 percent of Montanans are Native Americans, they constitute only 1.7 percent of health insurance marketplace enrollees, a new report shows. Released Thursday, the "Breaking Barriers: Improving Health Insurance Enrollment and Access to Health Care in Montana" report also showed that health insurance does not necessarily translate into quality care, with only 27 percent of Native Americans and Alaska Natives surveyed saying that they...
April 24, 2015

The STAY Project presented with 2015 East Kentucky Leadership Youth Award

Watch the video here. Ethan Hamblin was the 2010 valedictorian at Buckhorn High School. “But I was told to leave because I had the smarts to get out, get an education and do something fantastic,” said Hamblin. “But I never wanted to leave. This is where my family is from and this is where my story is.” Hamblin traded his hometown in Perry County for...
By
Michaela Donlan
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April 24, 2015

Four People Arrested During March From Capitol Building for Fifth Anniversary of SB 1070

Watch the video here . Four people were arrested Thursday afternoon during a protest that began at the State Capitol – the goal of which was to raise awareness of deportation laws and eliminate the strong presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arizona. Those people were arrested later in the evening after sitting in the street outside the Fourth Avenue Jail and refusing to...
April 23, 2015

Divestment's Pros And Cons

The theory is that if organizations like colleges, state governments and religious organizations changed the way they managed their investment portfolios, they could put pressure on companies that produce fossil fuels. Those pushing for divestment hope this will change the way we produce energy. We hear both sides of the divestment debate from Maeve McBride, 350 Vermont coordinator, and McGill University Finance Professor Ken Lester...
By
Dave Eisenstadter and Gena Mangiaratti
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April 23, 2015

Rally at UMass Calls Attention to Student Debt Resulting from Loans

AMHERST — As 100 or so prospective students and families made their way past the University of Massachusetts Amherst student union Thursday, a circle of current students wearing signs with messages such as, “You are not a loan,” and “Thanks for my UMa$$ive debt” chanted at the top of their lungs, “Education is a right. Fight, fight, fight!” “By the time I graduate, I’m going...
By
John Hill
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April 16, 2015

Providence Protesters Join National Call for Higher State Minimum Wage

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More than a hundred protesters marched through downtown Wednesday, calling for a higher state minimum wage and calling on the city to do more to enforce the hiring and community service requirements of the tax break agreements it grants developers in the city. Jesse Strecker, executive director of the Rhode Island chapter of Jobs With Justice, which helped organized the event, said...
By
Neal Goswami
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April 13, 2015

Workers Protest Proposed State Labor Cuts

Hundreds rallied at the State House Saturday to oppose cuts to the state budget and $10.8 million in labor savings sought by both the Shumlin administration and lawmakers in an event organized by the Vermont State Employees Association. The state employees’ union was joined by other unions and groups, including the Vermont-NEA, AFSCME and the Vermont Workers Center, to protest the budget plan sought by...
By
David Card
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April 13, 2015

Baltimore Activists Fight Back – Water is a Human Right!

At the end of March, Baltimore city officials announced that they would be turning off the water supply to a huge number of properties in the city and surrounding county in the coming weeks. In total, the city department of public works plans to turn off water to 25,000 properties for $40 million in unpaid bills. While the debt may seem considerable, the city is...
By
Tom Beres
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April 13, 2015

Wahoo Protesters: A Century of 'Indians' is Enough (video)

Watch the video here. Anti-Wahoo protests have become a predictable part of Opening Day and Friday will be no excepti on. CLEVELAND -- 2015 marks 100 years of Cleveland's major league baseball team being called the Indians. Native American protesters and their supporters say it's a logical time to retire both the name and mascot Chief Wahoo, claiming they are racist and offensive. They argue...

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