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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. Mining is in the news a lot recently because of the terrible tragedy in Utah where six miners are presumed dead in a mine collapse and at least three more have been killed trying to rescue them. Obvious isn’t it.

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Litigating a Path to Progress: Nonprofit Advocacy through the Courts

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At that time, our programs focused on providing legal representation to adult and youth immigrants facing deportation. It was clear that Congress was not going to take up real efforts to reform broken immigration laws. Some we litigate ourselves, and some we co-counsel with other nonprofits and law firms.

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. My newest favorite thing to peruse is this site called www.wefeelfine.org —it’s a program that searches blogs, myspace, etc. My CODEPINK blog.

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