We can take a cue from cultures that eat further down the food chain.
The Mississippi immigration raid detained hundreds and left children stranded on the first day of school. It also evoked a massive humanitarian response in a state not traditionally friendly to immigrants.
If elected to Congress, they would counter conservative decisions from the court with progressive lawmaking.
Jim Crow endures in Georgia as voter suppression efforts persist across the state. But get-out-the-vote activists are undaunted.
In Jackson, Mississippi, community land trusts are key to fair and affordable development.
In Puerto Rico, residents could only watch as Trump rolled back environmental protections while their island boiled. But living in the U.S. mainland, they can vote.
Depressing immigrant participation could hurt Democrats, affect redistricting, the apportionment of congressional seats, and more than $600 billion in federal funds.
College administrators worry a more rigorous process for proving sexual assault could send the wrong message to students.
As the nation faces demographic shifts, the push to suppress voting intensifies.
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The Senate just confirmed Scott Pruitt to run the EPA. But as residents reported major damage from fracking-related earthquakes, the then-attorney general closed his office鈥檚 environmental enforcement unit.
Corporate-backed utilities have quashed solar initiatives for years, but residents fought back.
Community activists in the country鈥檚 most corrupt state won an unlikely victory to convert a coal plant to natural gas.