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With Integrity of Election at Stake, 14 States Demand Injunction to Stop DeJoy's Sabotage of US Postal Service, Mail-In Voting
Mail clerks sort packages at a USPS Processing and Distribution Center on Thursday, May 14, 2020 in City of Industry, California. (Photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
'Green New Deal or the Blood Red Apocalypse. Your Choice': Dems Urged to Embrace Bold Climate Action as West Burns
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Smoky skies from the northern California wildfires casts a reddish color in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.
"This cannot become our new normal."
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23 AGs Sue Trump Council Over 'Reckless and Unprecedented' Gutting of Bedrock US Environmental Law
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Activists gather outside of the Alliance Center in Denver across the street from a public hearing by the Council on Environmental Quality's proposed update to NEPA Regulations on February 11, 2020. (Photo: Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
"This administration's insidious attack on one of our most important...
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'Historic Victory for Working People': Seattle City Council Passes Progressive Tax on Big Business to Fund Relief
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Protesters cycle around the block as they participate in a "car caravan" protest at the Amazon Spheres to demand the Seattle City Council tax the city's largest businesses in Seattle on May 1, 2020.
"Working people and our movement have to unapologetically claim victory for...
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After Weeks of Allowing 'Autonomous Zone,' Seattle Police Clear CHOP Amid Violence, Growing Complaints
'Stay in the Streets': Black Lives Matter Movement in Seattle Occupies Six Block 'Autonomous Zone' and Floods City Hall
A sign that reads "shut it down" is pictured at the Northwest Detention Center as during a protest at the Tacoma, Washington facility on Feb. 26, 2017.
Citing Pandemic, UN Human Rights Expert Urges US to Release Migrants 'Held for Processing'
President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on April 13, 2020.
Critics Debunk Trump's Wild Assertion He Has 'Total' Authority on Reopening Economy
Applauding Release of Prisoners in Ohio Due to Coronavirus Threat, ACLU Calls on Officials Nationwide to Do the Same
In 20 States in a Row, Majority of Democratic Primary Voters Support Medicare for All Over Private Insurance
US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press conference on the COVID-19, coronavirus, outbreak at the White House in Washington, DC on February 29, 2020. - The number of novel coronavirus cases in the world rose to 85,919, including 2,941 deaths, across 61 countries and territories by 1700 GMT on Saturday, according to a report gathered by AFP from official sources. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
First US Coronavirus Death Near Canada, But Trump Confirms Closing Mexico Border Under Consideration
'Sad Day in Our State,' Says Gov. Jay Inslee as First US Coronavirus Death Confirmed in Washington
An activist holds a prop portraying incarcerated immigrants at a February 14, 2020 vigil outside the ICE building in San Francisco.
Because #NeverAgainIsNow, Japanese Americans, Allies Stage Rally Demanding Closure of Immigration Prison
According to Food & Water Action's Public Water For All campaign director Mary Grant, SB 6278 in Washignton state "is breaking new ground and should be seen as a model for the country."
To Safeguard 'Public Welfare and the Public Interest,' Groundbreaking Measure in Washington State Would Ban Bottled Water Production
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'Scale of This Failure Has No Precedent': Hot Ocean 'Blob' Killed One Million Seabirds
'Awesome, Brilliant, Necessary': Seattle Bans Foreign-Influenced Corporations From Spending in Local Elections

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New UCS Analysis on Who is Most Exposed to Dangerous Smoke Days in Western US
Our Children's Trust
Young Washington Plaintiffs Argue Appeal in Constitutional Climate Change Case
Center for Biological Diversity
Gov. Inslee Orders Rework of Washington’s Wolf-killing Policies
Food & Water Watch
Washington State Committee Fails to Protect Public Water from Bottled Water Extraction
Food & Water Watch
Washington Bottled Water Extraction Ban Testimony Proves It Will Protect Local Communities and Local Jobs
Food & Water Watch
Washington State Senate Passes Ban on Bottled Water Extraction
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