May Day Exhibit Celebrates San Antonio’s Labor Organizing History
Local union advocates are highlighting the critical importance of labor and revitalizing working-class solidarity.
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100+ Groups Urge Congress to Reject Rushed Data Center Approvals
'Congress must not let Big Tech block oversight and hide data centers’ real harms from the public, including their immense energy and water use, dangerous pollution, and rising local costs,' said one campaigner.
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'Slow Down or Die'—An Economist's Warning
In a new book, Timothée Parrique dispels the myth of growth and shows how shrinking the economy to a sustainable steady state could make us all richer in the things that truly matter.
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ICE Watch: The Master Plan to Fill Detention Centers
How Trump's plan for a million deportations year hinges on targeting non-violent, non-offenders, and asylum seekers.
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Roxana Rojas
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Valero’s Port Arthur Refinery Explosion: Fossil Fuels Will Always Spoil the Good Life
Coastlines/Faultlines Correspondent Gaige Davila examines the recent explosion at Port Arthur and the allowances residents make for a paycheck.
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The Texas Data Center Rebellion Has Begun
Deceleration reports back from the 2-day statewide convening of residents fighting data center buildout—from El Paso to Dallas to San Antonio and down to the RGV.
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Greg Harman
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'Super Collider': Autonomous Warfare, Space Colonization, & Climate Collapse Meet in Brownsville
'Coastlines/Faultlines' correspondent Gaige Davila reflects on the horrors of development—and loss of the wild—transforming the Lower Texas Coast.
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First Annual Heat Summit Convened by Physicians for Social Responsibility
Thursday online gathering takes on extreme heat, the leading weather-related killer in the United States.
Where to Celebrate May Day in Texas
Panels, Potlucks, and Marches are being held across the Lone Star State to celebrate worker power and solidarity!
Doc Screening: Cuba's Life Task: Combatting Climate Change
Sunday, April 19, at Esperanza Peace & Justice Center.
