(2018-09-12). Legal Battle Staves Off Trump's Assault on Clean Water Protections. truthout.org Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a relentless attack on the nation's waterways, but his efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run into a tide of legal resistance. | One of Trump's first environmental policy directives was to choke off the foundational law protecting water bodies and aquatic habitats, the Nixon-era Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Trump nominee Scott Pruitt, targeted a keystone amendment to the (2018-09-12). Assistant General Counsel Khyla D. Craine to Weigh in on Voter Purges and Voter Protection During Congressional Black Caucus Black Law Student Event. naacp.org WASHINGTON, DC (September 12, 2018) —NAACP Assistant General Counsel Khyla D. Craine will participate in the National Black Law Student Association Voter Protection Forum, during the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference. The program will analyze five (5) key aspects of voter challenges: 1) Voter Education, 2) Voter Registration, 3) Voter Mobilization, 4) Voter […]
(2018-09-12). Amika Mota Fought Fires as a Prisoner for 53 Cents Per Hour. truthout.org We continue our conversation about California's incarcerated firefighters with a look at the women fighting the state's climate change-fueled blazes. We speak with Amika Mota, a former prisoner firefighter. She didn't even make $1 per hour while on duty as a firefighter — she made just 53 cents. Amika Mota is now the director of prison re-entry at the Young Women's Freedom Center in San Francisco. | TRANSCRIPT: : | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, Democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. We are broadcasting from San Francisco, the site of this week's…
(2018-09-12). End the Fossil Fuel Economy. counterpunch.org 
The Global #RiseForClimate actions are just one example of many that the climate justice movement is building the power needed to transform the economy and put in place policies to confront climate change. The ingredients exist for the climate justice movement to rapidly succeed. A challenge is not knowing how much time we have. Scientists have been conservative More
(2018-09-12). Amika Mota Fought Fires as a Prisoner For 53 Cents/Hour. Now Free, She Can't Work as a Firefighter. democracynow.org 
We continue our conversation about California's incarcerated firefighters with a look at the women fighting the state's climate change-fueled blazes. We speak with Amika Mota, a former prisoner firefighter. She didn't even make $1 per hour while on duty as a firefighter—she made just 53 cents. Amika Mota is now the director of prison re-entry at the Young Women's Freedom Center in San Francisco.
(2018-09-12). Climate Change Supercharges Hurricane Florence. counterpunch.org 