HUD has accused Dallas, one of the nation’s largest cities, of violating civil rights law through housing practices that discriminated against black, Latino and disabled residents
HUD has accused Dallas, one of the nation’s largest cities, of violating civil rights law through housing practices that discriminated against black, Latino and disabled residents
Real story isn’t the tired antics of the “corporate centrists” but the “sustained feistiness among progressives” increasingly on display
Inviting people to think 40 years into the future helps them look beyond the current political morass.
US and EU called out for protecting their own subsidies while demanding world’s poorest citizens be pushed back into starvation
He wants the County to reject state and federal funds, this would force massive cuts in public services. He also thinks the County Commissioners should defy state and federal law and dictate policy on a wide range of issues including resource management, crime, education, elections, business regulations, planning and public health. Some of his proposals would violate the legal authority of other local governments such as school boards and cities.
For Rob Taylor hating on Commissioner Cribbins is a chronic condition now aggravated by her reelection campaign. He has harshly criticized her in print and on the air for many years. Of course, the Rob Taylor Report has criticized many people. It is a forum of loud voices and personal attacks.
Coos County Commissioner candidate Rod Taylor believes that with a few exceptions Federal land ownership is unconstitutional.
…this legal theory is junk law. In 1999 the Congressional Research Service analyzed this issue and concluded, “It is accepted law that the Federal government may own and hold property as Congress directs.”
Published on Thursday, June 11, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Jon Queally, staff writer As ten days of UN-sponsored climate talks came to end in Bonn, Germany on Thursday morning, global campaigners demanding far-reaching solutions to the crisis of a warming planet...
Published on Friday, April 10, 2015 by Common Dreams, written by Deirdre Fulton Pointing to egregious examples of Fortune 500 corporations "manipulating the tax system to avoid paying even a dime in tax on billions of dollars in U.S. profits," a new report from...
Seven Key Takeaways From Eric Cantor’s Shocking Defeat (via Moyers & Company) No incumbent majority leader had lost a seat in Congress since 1899, when the post was first created. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) broke that streak last night. He’s announced that he’ll...
Published on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 by Common Dreams - Sarah Lazare, staff writer Banana giant Chiquita is aggressively lobbying against a 9/11 victims bill that would make it easier to sue financial backers of terrorist groups.Its concern? This legislation could force...
Latest update from Fairewinds Associates, Arnie Gundersen, regarding the ongoing concerns over the Fukushima meltdown and other nuclear power plants that use the same GE Mark I boiling water reactors.
“It’s bad public policy to export natural gas — a cleaner, cheaper domestic resource — and import more expensive, dirtier OPEC oil,” he said.
…a March 22 report from Oregon’s Secretary of State, Oregon ranked sixth in the nation in the number of violent, extremist attacks from 2011 to 2020 despite ranking only 27th in population.
We do not know who changed the BOC public comment rule. Was it Chair Main alone or all three Commissioners? Regardless, Coos County has gone from having one of the most expansive policies on citizen comments to one of the most restrictive.