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The balance of the US Supreme Court is set to change significantly for a generation or more, following Kennedy’s retirement and Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill his seat.
Kavanaugh is a partisan Republican and an extremist, and his confirmation would pose a serious threat to reproductive rights, healthcare, environmental protection, net neutrality, works’ rights, LGBTQ rights, gun violence prevention laws, voting rights and more.
For 18 months, the Forest Service has been carefully documenting likely harm to the Boundary Waters and the Superior National Forest if sulfide-ore copper mining is allowed on public lands next to the Boundary Waters. This critically important study is nearly complete. The study will inform Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke before he decides whether to protect the Boundary Waters by putting nearby federal lands off-limits to new mining leases for 20 years.
The government is currently in violation of a court order to reunite children separated from their families at the border. Only 38 of the 102 under-5s were back with their families by the 10pm Tuesday (7/10) deadline. More reunifications were expected to follow.
Read MoreLast week, WMM joined a number of other organizations in a civil disobedience action at General Dynamics, Bloomington, to protest the company’s involvement in the business of immigrant detention and monitoring. This action was led by Navigate MN, Black Visions Collective, CTUL, and SEIU Local 26. Eight protestors were arrested, including Sen. Patricia Torres Ray.
Read MoreKnown as the Magna Carta of environmental law, is a federal law that promotes the enhancement and protection of our environment. It also established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
NEPA was passed in the 70s following outcry over how the Interstate highway system in the 1950s and 60s was built- by bulldozing communities with no consideration of the harmful impacts.
Read MoreMore horrors keep emerging on the family separation policy: 2,300 children removed from their parents in 6 weeks; younger kids and toddlers housed in “tender age” shelters; no plan yet on how to reunite kids with their parents!
Read MoreThe Senate GOP tax bill passed with a 51-49 vote around 2 a.m. ET Saturday, Dec. 2. While the bill itself is a problem, the way the GOP jammed it through to a vote is unacceptable and a breach of democracy.
Read MoreSince the September announcement to rescind DACA, effective March 5, 2018, no bills have been passed to offer protection to the 800,000 DREAMers.
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