February 2019

Guardian Opinion: Cities across America should unite against big corporations

“Just like workers have been pit against one another to ensure employers have their pick of desperate employees who are willing to work for less and less, cities believe they have no choice but to compete against one another for corporate suitors. There is only one antidote to this state of affairs: solidarity.” Guardian Opinion: …

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At least 25% of diabetes patients rationing insulin as drug costs continue to skyrocket

As diabetes patient Alec Raeshawn Smith’s mother told NPR in September, her son’s monthly bill for insulin and related supplies was around $1,300 without insurance—something he and his family could not afford. He died, having most likely been rationing a lifesaving medication he could not afford. These aren’t outliers. According to a study by Yale University researchers, 1 in …

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Protest – North Gualala Water Company –

Here are Patrick Higgins Comments on the proposed changes in the diversion – by-pass flows Thank you ICARE & Living Rivers (Chris Malan) for helping pay for this. The proposed diversion controls are impossible to enforce. Coho and estuarine function were not considered in the science presented. There needs to be storage in place to …

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Indivisible: This March we go on offense in the House

Indivisible: This March we go on offense in the House ——————————————– Indivisibles, Introduction of the most ambitious, inclusive version of Medicare For All yet. A vote to revoke Trump’s fake emergency declaration. Oversight hearings where Democrats showed up and asked the hard questions. 56 days into the new Congress, and we are finally starting to …

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Worse floods in a generation…this is climate change as predicted by SCIENTISTS

Opinion from B. Rawson, Graton: All of this is exacerbated by sedimentation of our wet lands  by Vineyards, and the encroachment of paved surfaces from development. Add climate change and this will only get worse. We need to dredge the sediment, stop deforestation and vineyard conversion and tile draining and stop paving the developed surfaces with …

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Earth Rights wins at Supreme Court

““Immunity from all legal accountability does not further the development goals of international organizations. It simply leads them to be careless.” – Marco Simons, EarthRights General Counsel.” Earth Rights wins at Supreme Court   We won! Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in EarthRights’ case, Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), that international organizations like the …

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