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The Oregon Activist Curated Daily Content for People Who Make a Difference Published by AmplifiedCauses.com 21 June 2015 Read paper → 2 World 4 5 Technology 3 #tpp #uscm2015 Photographs capture life as a black lesbian in South Africa Shared by Amplified Causes www­.pbs­.org - ZANELE MUHOLI: The mission is to ensure that we have– a visual history that speaks to the moment that will inform the future. And also to ensure that we document and archive the history of our peop... Report exposes vast web of secret Walmart tax shelters » peoplesworld Shared by Amplified Causes peoplesworld­.org - A groundbreaking report released Wednesday, June 17 by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), and researched by the  United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), reveals that Walmart has... Ted Cruz's Iowa chairman spent $250K to stop people from voting Shared by Amplified Causes www­.motherjones­.com - Ted Cruz's presidential ambitions may well live or die with the Iowa Republican caucuses. In recent years, the Hawkeye State has served as the launching pad for candidates courting social conservat... Juan Williams: NSA reforms are legacy of Snowden Shared by Amplified Causes thehill­.com - The conservative-led reform to the Patriot Act last week raises a difficult question: What about former CIA contractor-turned-leaker Edward Snowden? There is no debating that Snowden broke his oath... Congress Can — and Should — Declassify the TPP | BillMoyers.com Shared by Amplified Causes billmoyers­.com - This post first appeared at Foreign Policy In Focus. One of the most controversial aspects of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the fact that the Obama administration has tried to imp... Videos Shared by Occupy Eugene More Videos → 2 America's election watchdogs are literally arguing over whether FEC commissioners are people Shared by Amplified Causes House Republicans Propose Stripping Family Planning Services From Millions Of Low-Income Women Shared by Amplified Causes Take Action - Global Trade Watch Shared by Amplified Causes Kate Brown, Senate work to pressure House on road-funding deal Shared by Oregonian Politics Occupy Eugene Donations :: Occupy Eugene Shared by Occupy Eugene Two years ago he was homeless; now Kole Myrick is Portland Community College's commencement speaker Shared by Jennifer Boehmer More 2 → World 2014 Midterm Elections: Stupidity Triumphs Over Cowardice Shared by Amplified Causes The deeply racist references in Dylann Roof's apparent manifesto, decoded. Shared by Amplified Causes Can We Save Our Planet? What the Climate Movement Can Learn From the Nuclear Freeze Campaign Shared by Amplified Causes Khader Adnan: 45 Days on Hunger Strike - International Middle East Media Center Shared by Occupying Portland Judge presiding over Dylann Roof's case has previously been reprimanded over racist language Shared by Occupying Portland More World → Photos Shared by Amplified Causes Shared by Amplified Causes Shared by Amplified Causes More Photos → 4 Part D drug benefit did not save money for Medicare Shared by Amplified Causes The latest legal challenge to Canada's healthcare system Shared by Amplified Causes Americans believe their health system is the world's best, but they’re measuring it wrong Shared by Amplified Causes Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found In Drinking Water Near Texas Fracking Sites Shared by Amplified Causes Search for topical articles, influencers and conversations Shared by Portland ME More 4 → 5 The 10 Billion Tons of Coal That Could Erase Obama's Progress on Climate Change Shared by Amplified Causes How ALEC Has Undermined Food Safety By Pushing ‘Ag Gag’ Laws Across The Country Shared by Amplified Causes NOAA: Hottest May, Hottest Spring, Hottest Year-To-Date On Record By Far Shared by Amplified Causes Lumber Company Fined For Safety Violations After Worker Dies Shared by Amplified Causes Houston, Texas Reduces Homelessness By 50% In 4 Years! Shared by Amplified Causes More 5 → Technology Google says government forced it to hand over Jacob Appelbaum's data for WikiLeaks grand jury Shared by Amplified Causes Tim Nesbitt: The uber-logic of ridesharing forces drivers into a race to the bottom Shared by Amplified Causes More Technology → 3 Clean fuels in Oregon will save money Shared by Amplified Causes Oregon is next on Nestlé's list of "drought-stricken states to suck dry." Shared by Jesse Tenney More 3 → #uscm2015 Downtown Portland braces for panhandlers, starts 'Real Change' campaign Shared by Portland, Oregon More #uscm2015 → 2 • World • 4 • 5 • Technology • 3 • #tpp • #uscm2015 Read paper →

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www­.politico­.com - Union officials and progressive Democrats said Friday they’re gearing up for the next front in the congressional trade wars ahead of next week’s critical votes in the Senate. Immediately after the ... Pacific Ocean "Warm Blob" Due To Reduced Heat Loss

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www­.reportingclimatescience­.com - The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swimming into new waters, and hungry sea... Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies

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www­.businessinsider­.com - Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country's 8.1 million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies, Jonathan Kaiman of The Guardian reports. The report... Rep Calls For More Than 'Moment Of Silence' In Congress For Charleston

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www­.huffingtonpost­.com - Calling for more than "yet another moment of silence," Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), urged her colleagues Sunday to consider gun control measures in the aftermath of the Charleston, South Carolina, s...

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action­.citizen­.org - Despite the recent disappointing House vote, Fast Track’s path to approval remains entirely uncertain. Luckily, we know exactly where it should go – nowhere. On Thursday, the House tossed the Fast ... A Death of One's Own | BillMoyers.com

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billmoyers­.com - MOYERS: Was this sort of your retirement paradise? JIM WITCHER: We had worked towards that and had everything in place for retirement. MOYERS (v/o): JIM WITCHER IS A TEXAN WHO MOVED TO NORTHERN LOU... Why are we building a research center full of deadly diseases in the tornado capital of the world?

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grist­.org - The United States eradicated foot-and-mouth disease from its borders in 1929. The virus, deadly to livestock, persists in more than 100 countries, though, and travels with ease. It is able to hitch... Commentary: For-Profit Hospitals Mark Up Prices Because There's Nothing to Stop Them

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www­.truth-out­.org - If you think costs would come down if hospitals were all owned and operated by big for-profit corporations like Hospital Corporation of America, you might want to take a look at a study published l... White extremist murders: Killed at least 60 in U.S. since 1995.

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www­.slate­.com - Wednesday's mass murder of black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina is the most high-profile example of white extremist terror in the United States since Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people in... Videos Shared by Amplified Causes Shared by braingarbage Shared by Sean Hardin More Videos → 2 The Obama Gap

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Published by AmplifiedCauses.com 22 June 2015 Read paper → 3 2 World 4 5 Technology #portland #stopfasttrack Demand that Congress Reject 'Fast Track' for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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activism­.thenation­.com - Your Letter: I am writing to urge you to reject "fast track" negotiating authority on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We elected you to ensure that public policies meet and protect our needs and pri... 15 Now Rally Riding Momentum of Worker Pressure to Raise Wages Shared by OccupyPortland www­.portlandoccupier­.org - Building janitors, City workers, and supporters held two coordinated rallies in downtown Portland on June 17 demanding a raise in the minimum wage to $15 an hour and greater respect for workers’ ri... Kayaktivists visit Chambers Bay to protest climate change during dry and dusty U.S. Open

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thedignityvirus­.com - Activists in kayaks, canoes, pontoons and sailboats, visited Chambers Bay during the U.S. Open with signs protesting climate change and oil trains as Professional Golf Association pro’s trod the de... Democrats in the U.S. Shift to the Left

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www­.gallup­.com - PRINCETON, N.J. -- Democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination face a significantly more left-leaning party base than their predecessors did over the last 15 years. Forty-seven perce... Clackamas County Chairman John Ludlow used personal email to collaborate with light-rail players

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www­.oregonlive­.com - The chairman of the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners repeatedly orchestrated county business from a personal email account that he insisted he didn't use for such matters, emails obtained by... The High Public Cost of Low Wages | Center for Labor Research and Education

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laborcenter­.berkeley­.edu - This is the first report to examine the cost to the 50 states of public assistance programs for working families. We examine working families’ utilization of the health care programs Medicaid and C... No County in U.S. Has Enough Affordable Housing, Study Finds - Fortune

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fortune­.com - The availability of affordable housing isn’t keeping up with demand from extremely low-income renters, according to a new report by the Urban Institute. In fact, not a single county in the United S... S. Carolina Gov. Haley calls for removal of Confederate flag from state capitol

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www­.rawstory­.com - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Monday called on lawmakers to take down the Confederate battle flag in the state capitol, a week after a white gunman allegedly shot dead nine black worshiper... We’re treating soil like dirt. It’s a fatal mistake, because all human life depends on it | George Monbiot

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www­.theguardian­.com - Imagine a wonderful world, a planet on which there was no threat of climate breakdown, no loss of freshwater, no antibiotic resistance, no obesity crisis, no terrorism, no war. Surely, then, we wou... Exxon Mobil shareholders reject Vermont’s greenhouse gas resolution - VTDigger

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vtdigger­.org - Exxon Mobil shareholders overwhelmingly voted down at least eight miscellaneous resolutions at an meeting annual meeting May 27 in Dallas, which State Treasurer Beth Pearce attended. Pearce handles... Obama's Push for Corporate Rule: A Moment of Opportunity

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livingeconomiesforum­.org - The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. —Martin Luther King, Jr. Only a few months ago, President Obama was at loggerheads with Republican members of Congress intent on... Videos

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Published by AmplifiedCauses.com 23 June 2015 Read paper → 3 World 2 5 4 7 #tested2death #tbats Marijuana giveaway and smokeout event will celebrate legalization in Portland

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www­.oregonlive­.com - On July 1, recreational marijuana will officially be legal in Oregon. Some kind of celebration, a commemoration of the occasion, was inevitable. But that party won't come from the usual suspects in... 72 TYPES OF AMERICANS CONSIDERED AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS!

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www­.americasfreedomfighters­.com - Below is a list of 72 types of Americans that are considered to be “extremists” and/or “potential terrorists” in official U.S. government documents. And remember, technically if you are considered ... Neil Young snubs Donald Trump, gives "Rockin' in the Free World" to Bernie Sanders

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www­.rawstory­.com - The man who attacked historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston may have been initiated into the white supremacist movement by an organization that has for years be... Health risks of shipping pollution have been 'underestimated'

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www­.theguardian­.com - Britain and other European governments have been accused of underestimating the health risks from shipping pollution following research which shows that one giant container ship can emit almost the... Videos

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OPINION: Is the fight for $15 the next civil rights movement? | Al Jazeera America

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Published by AmplifiedCauses.com 24 June 2015 Read paper → 3 7 2 5 4 World #tested2death #portland Night Uber: Reedies on the Road Shared by Aaron Mesh www­.wweek­.com - Editor's note: Back in the mid-aughts,Willamette Week ran a column called Night Cabbie, where a cabbie working the night shift wrote about driving people to internet cafes as they listened to R.E.M...

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Steve Duin blog: Democrats spike campaign finance reform Shared by Denis C. Theriault www­.oregonlive­.com - My favorite line in "Animal House" arrives after the road trip to the Dexter Lake Club.  Flounder is staring at the wreckage of his brother's '64 Lincoln sedan when Otter wraps an arm around his fr... The Great Mentioner ponders: Who will run for Secretary of State? - BlueOregon Shared by BlueOregon www­.blueoregon­.com - It's that time. The last couple of weeks of the legislative session. The sine die party is over. The outcomes of most bills are no longer in doubt, except for the handful of "get out of the buildin... Neighbors to protest Eastmoreland sequoia removals Shared by Beezee koin­.com - PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Developers on Tuesday morning are set to tear down giant sequoia trees in the Eastmoreland neighborhood. The tear down begins at 8 a.m. and residents are expected to protest... Videos Shared by Occupy Eugene More Videos → 3 Marijuana faces sales tax in Oregon -- but there may be a period of tax-free pot shopping

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