Hundreds of Actions Are Planned to Protest Keystone XL Hundreds of Actions Are Planned to Protest Keystone XL
Protesters have planned hundreds of actions in response to the State Department's report that the Keystone XL pipeline would have a negligable impact on climate change.
Feb 3, 2014 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers
Alaska Governor Parnell and his Republican-led legislature gave hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts to major oil companies, and suddenly Anchorage public schools don’...
Jan 27, 2014 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Thirty-Two Arrested at a LaGuardia Rally for Higher Wages Thirty-Two Arrested at a LaGuardia Rally for Higher Wages
Thrity-two people were arrested at an SEIU-organized rally for liveable wages and a paid Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
Jan 21, 2014 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Hundreds Turn Out for Georgia’s Moral Monday Hundreds Turn Out for Georgia’s Moral Monday
The resistance against right-wing policies grows to Georgia with Moral Mondays and South Carolina’s Truthful Tuesdays.
Jan 15, 2014 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Moral Mondays Come to Georgia Moral Mondays Come to Georgia
The Moral Monday protests that began in North Carolina in response to right-wing policies are spreading to Georgia.
Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Report: 2012 Grads Have Highest-Ever Student Debt Report: 2012 Grads Have Highest-Ever Student Debt
College students are graduating with the highest average student loan debt ever on record.
Dec 30, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Following Teen’s Death in Custody Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Following Teen’s Death in Custody
Police violently dispersed a crowd of about 150 people in Durnham, North Carolina, during a vigil in which supporters demanded answers after the death of a teenager, who managed to...
Dec 23, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Hundreds of German Workers at Amazon Walk Off the Job Hundreds of German Workers at Amazon Walk Off the Job
Hundreds of Amazon workers in Germany walk off the job in opposition to stressful working conditions and low pay.
Dec 16, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Teachers, Parents Complain Overcrowding, Lack of Support Plague ‘Welcoming Schools’ Teachers, Parents Complain Overcrowding, Lack of Support Plague ‘Welcoming Schools’
Chicago officials promised a smooth transition for students from closed schools, but parents and teachers complain the “welcoming schools” are plagued by familiar probl...
Dec 9, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Fast Food Strikes Hit 100 Cities Thursday Fast Food Strikes Hit 100 Cities Thursday
Workers are demanding $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.
Dec 4, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny