Politics
Pennsylvania Fracking: Welcome to Frackville
By Kim Sorvig, from Landscape Architecture Magazine
A landscape architect takes a closer look at the Pennsylvania fracking boom to prepare for fracking near his home in New Mexico.
National Domestic Workers Alliance Fights for Higher Minimum Wage
By Staff, Utne Reader
The National Domestic Workers Alliance is fighting for domestic workers’ rights in a care industry long ignored by U.S. labor law.
The Journey of Nishiyuu
By Terrance Hall, from Cultural Survival Quarterly
In Canada, six James Bay Cree youth embarked on the 1,000-mile Journey of Nishiyuu to reclaim Aboriginal Treaty Rights and fight First Nations poverty.
How to Win the War on Poverty
by Sam Ross-Brown
Welfare programs have long attacked the symptoms of poverty. What if we targeted the roots?
Recognizing Gay Divorce Equality
By Margaret Klaw
Few options for law-based asset distribution are available in states that that do not recognize same-sex marriage and cannot perform gay divorce or in states lacking civil-union laws.
Now You See Me
by Laura Gottesdiener
A glimpse into the Zapatista Movement, two decades after its birth.
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