Patrick J. Foote
LATEST ARTICLES BY Patrick J. Foote
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Environment
President announces Clean Power Plan to supportive poll results
August 7, 2015The EPA released its final rule on the regulation of power plants in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent by 2030.
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U.S.
Black Lives Matter disrupts Netroots presidential forum
July 21, 2015"Welcome to Arizona where a black trans-woman cannot walk down the street; where Martin Luther King Day was repealed by a Republican governor."
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Phoenix Rising: Netroots draws attention to Arizona immigration struggle
July 20, 2015Netroots Nation, the gathering of progressive activists and bloggers, is heading into its 10th year in Phoenix this week.
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U.S.
Bernie Sanders draws 11,000 in red state Arizona
July 20, 2015Arizona, a traditionally deep red state, has not seen the last of Bernie Sanders.
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Marchers in Phoenix demand an “Arpaio-free” Arizona
July 20, 2015"We won't have justice in Maricopa County until Federal immigration agents get out of the county jail and stop relying on prejudiced policies."
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Environment
Capitalism the culprit in the Sixth Extinction
July 8, 2015If life on earth is to survive then we must reorient the means by which we survive currently toward keeping a balance with nature.
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South Chicago community faces down prep school board over firings
June 26, 2015"Telling teachers that they might lose their health insurance if they unionize is not living honestly."
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Chicagoans rally for an end to racist violence
June 24, 2015After reading the names and short biographies of the slain, the mournful airs gave way to determination as the emcees brought forth speakers from the crowd.
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