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Bill Kitchen

Bill Kitchen

Bill Kitchen is an activist based in upstate New York. Bill left college 50 years ago to organize welfare recipients in South Providence, RI. He now works mostly on climate issues.

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People protest against the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline project outside the Governor's Mansion on November 14, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. The project took a step forward this week after receiving permitting approval from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Will a Tar Sands Pipeline Become a Covid Super Spreader?

From a climate perspective, a clean water perspective and a Covid perspective, Line 3 is nuts.

Bill Kitchen ·

As early as tonight—Thursday, March 5—a black man in Alabama, Nathaniel Woods, is scheduled to be executed for three tragic murders that another man has confessed to. (Photo: Alabama Dept. of Corrections)

Can Bernie Sanders or Bart Starr Jr.—or Anyone—Save Nate Woods From Execution?

Sanders probably has little, if any, influence with Gov. Ivey. But he does have the ability to bring national attention to an issue just by mentioning it.

Bill Kitchen ·

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