Organizers said that if it wasn’t for late Congressman Lewis, they wouldn’t have the platform to do what they did Saturday night.
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Exclusive: The US Military Is Monitoring Protests in 7 States
(30.05.2020)
The US military is monitoring protests in at least seven states, according to Defense Department documents obtained exclusively by The Nation.
In addition to Minnesota, where a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, the military is tracking uprisings in New York, Ohio, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee, and Kentucky, according to a Defense Department situation report. Notably, only Minnesota has requested National Guard support.
Two Arizona sheriffs say they won’t enforce governor’s stay-at-home order
“My conscience will not allow me to arrest someone who is trying to make a living,” Schuster told the paper. “I don’t believe it is a crime to try and make a living.”
“I don’t think, for the most part, people want to be defying (the order),” Schuster also said. “They’re trying to do what’s best for their families.”
Environmental Groups Claim U.S. Army Base is Threatening River
A U.S. Army base nestled at the foot of a southern Arizona mountain range is threatening a sensitive desert waterway sometimes called America’s most endangered river, two environmental groups said in a federal lawsuit Friday.
Native American leader denounces destruction of sacred sites for border wall construction
„I want to be clear: When sacred cultural sites are destroyed in international conflict, it is considered a war crime,“ said the subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
U.S.-Gericht zugunsten des Moratoriums gegen Uran-Abbau in Grand Canyon-Region
Im November 2017 berichteten wir über das Thema Uranerz-Abbau im Grand Canyon Nationalpark und den Widerstand am Beispiel einer Stadt in Flagstaff: kein Uranbergbau und Transporte am Grand Canyon.
Kyrsten Sinema Declared Winner in Arizona Senate Race
Representative Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat and former social worker, scored a groundbreaking victory in the race for a Senate seat in Arizona, defeating her Republican opponent after waging a campaign in which she embraced solidly centrist positions.
The Resistance Won’t Win Back Arizona’s Senate Seat
(25.10.2018) The onetime anti-war protester has spent a year carefully cultivating her moderate cred across the state, touting herself as a lawmaker who will work with “literally anyone who is willing to … get something done.” In Yuma, she spoke proudly about meeting with Trump on infrastructure and having him sign one of her bills. And she used the word bipartisan five times in four sentences as she discussed efforts to pass a farm bill in toxic Washington.