Politics
Progressives in Oregon’s Willamette Valley battle for immigrant rights
August 6, 2018The Trump win in 2016 has had a particularly bad effect on Willamette Valley towns like Woodburn where immigrant workers are employed in agriculture and in tree planting.
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Parents sue judge who refuses to approve transgender teens’ new names
August 6, 2018Studies show the more times transgender children are “dead named”—referred to by their birth names—the higher the risk of suicide attempts.
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Netroots: Leadership of Black women seen as key to 2018 Midterms
August 3, 2018“Black women are off the sidelines. We’re in the game.”
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KC conference to strategize on resisting Koch and the right
August 2, 2018A group of progressives will gather in Kansas City on August 9-10 to strategize on how to resist the Koch brothers.
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Trial of notorious German racist leaves big question unanswered
August 1, 2018The recently ended trial in Munich of Beate Zschäpe and four minor accomplices lasted five full years.
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