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Idaho natives face off against tar sands disruption

August 13, 2013 By Blake Skylar

The problem? The truck was illegally advancing through tribal lands and a federally-protected river area.

Counseling center shutdown teaches important health care lessons

August 13, 2013 By Lily Connor

A right-wing governor has used an unreliable study and nonexistent federal requirements to replace local, community-based, nonprofit health care providers with out-of-state for-profit companies.

Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote

August 13, 2013 By John Wojcik

By signing the new law, the Republican governor replaced one of the best voting laws in the country with one that is arguably now the worst.

Arizona mural dramatizes killings by border agents

August 13, 2013 By Joe Bernick

"Mother Demands Justice" was the theme of a press conference and protest at the unveiling of a large public mural in downtown Tucson commemorating the murder of a Mexican teen.

Clergy call for end to torture in California prisons (with video)

August 9, 2013 By Rossana Cambron

In a groundbreaking report to the UN Human Rights Council, Juan Méndez, the UN special rapporteur on torture, found that solitary confinement can amount to cruel, inhuman punishment - and even torture.