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by: Read The Dirt Posted on: February 07, 2012
“In the end the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along” –Fritjof Capra, The Web Of Life
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- Jul 27 Op-Ed: Local Utilities and Deregulation – Unregulated Water Utility Created
- Jul 27 Rural City Debates Public Ownership of Homeless Services
- Jul 27 Op-ed: Land Woes in Rural California
- Jul 27 Hundreds of Counties at Risk of Healthcare Industry Flight
- Jul 27 Municipal Finances, Local Source, Connecticut, Issue 1
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- Jul 27 Local Courts Jockey for State Funds to Deal With Case Backlogs
- Jul 27 Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Helping Counties and Jails Pay Their Bills
- Jul 27 City in Need of Cash Searches for Assets to Sell
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- Mar 10 Get To Know The BATS: Teachers Fighting Privatization
- Mar 6 Re-Imagining Local Public Space, From Parks to Post Offices
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- Nov 23 Quote_James Baldwin
- Jun 13 The Fight For Local Democracy in New York City
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- May 25 Barrington, NH votes 795 to 759 to Adopt Community Bill of Rights to Protect Waterways
- May 25 Revoking The Consent to be Governed
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- Mar 16 Preempting Trump: Barnstead, NH Adopts First-In-Nation Law Protecting Against Religious Persecution
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- Dec 29 How Black Lives Matter Came Back Stronger After White Supremacist Attacks
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- Aug 26 Hundreds of Communities Are Building Legal Blockades to Fight Big Carbon
- Jul 21 Will Labor Go Local?
- Jul 20 Challenging Bedrock Law: “Dillon’s Rule” in Detroit and Beyond
- Jul 19 Defining a Federalist Approach to Immigration Reform
- Jul 18 Why Are Fracking Hopefuls Suing a County in New Mexico?
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- Dec 8 Making Sense of Recent Legal History
- Dec 8 Where Push Is Coming To Shove, USA
- Dec 8 Getting Specific About What We Want
- Dec 8 National Sovereignty At Stake
- Dec 8 Finally, The Court Case We’ve All Been Waiting For
- Dec 8 Lessons Learned By A Federal Enforcer
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- Nov 8 Politicizing a Social Worker
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- Nov 8 Critical Issues Deserve a Higher Standard
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- Dec 19 New Section: Community Rights
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- Jun 17 Can City Planning Make Us Cooler, Healthier and Friendlier?
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- Jun 2 America’s Antiquated Mining Policy
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- Dec 20 Meet Some Environmental Consultants
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