Protesters Rush Wall St. Rallying Against Corporate Greed
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Sep 30, 2011
The movement grew when a largely Black crowd of about 2,000 people marched from Union Square to Wall Street to protest the execution of Troy Davis.
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Tags: 99 percent, corporations, greed, human, poverty, protests, rights, wall st., wealth
Students, Teachers Push to Halt Methyl Iodide Use in California Farms
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 28, 2011
Teachers and students in Watsonville, Calif., are going all out to put the word out that using methyl iodide as a fumigant on strawberry fields was endangering the health of children and adults, contrary to what the California Department of Pesticide Regulation may say.
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Tags: alternatives, health impact, methyl iodide, school curriculum, toxic, Watsonville
UN Report: California County Lacks Clean Water
Vida en el Valle, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2011
A United Nations report finds that unincorporated, majority-Latino communities in Tulare County have no access to clean drinking water.
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Tags: centralvalleycleanwater, centralvalleywater, cleanwater, uncleanwater
Latinos Most Vulnerable to Air Pollution
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
A report published Thursday by the Center for American Progress finds that the country’s Latino population is the most vulnerable due to air pollution.
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Latinos in Mississippi: A Force for Reconstruction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 12, 2011
Hispanic immigrants helped rebuild Mississippi after hurricane Katrina but even that didn't alleviate the anti-immigrant climate.
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Tags: anti-immigrant, hispanic, hysteria, immigration, katrina, latino, mississippi, poultry, reconstruction, severe, target
Ban on Styrofoam to Hurt Korean Businesses
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2011
Korean restaurants say a potential ban on Styrofoam across the state would undermine sales and threaten business.
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Tags: economy, environment, food, jobs, Korean, restaurant, SB568, styrofoam
Will Climate Change Affect Migration?
Multi-American, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
A report released today by the Migration Policy Institute finds that climate change will have a "profound effect" on human settlement patterns.
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Tags: cliamtechangeimmigration, climatechange, mpiimmigration
The Navajo Nation Suffers From Drawn-Out Drought
Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2011
Climate data, admittedly spotty on the reservation, show a drying trend since 1944 and a warming trend since the mid-1970s.
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Tags: climate change, drought, native americans, navajo, reservation, water, weather
Banned Pesticide Use Remains High in CA Strawberry Fields
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 06, 2011
In some of California's top strawberry-growing counties, levels of banned methyl bromide are only slightly lower than they were a decade ago.
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Tags: banned, california, cancer, epa, farmworkers, latinos, methyl bromide, pesticide