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Exploratory mining permit for near Mount St. Helens advances Exploratory mining near Mount St. Helens is now one step closer to happening.

Braceros Strike After One Worker Dies Risking deportation, Washington state farmworkers protest dangerous conditions in the fields.

Pals back in the day

Best of Portland 2013: BEST MUSIC VENUE (UNLICENSED DIVISION) Chris White gives a tour of PALS Clubhouse, Cribs style.

The FCC’s New Chairman Plans to Take the “Local” Out of TV News in Rural America - Rural America Monday, Jun 26, 2017, 5:00 pm The FCC’s New Chairman Plans to Take the “Local” Out of TV News in Rural America By Christopher Ali Share TweetReddit0 StumbleUpon584EmailPrint Email this article to a friend your email your name recipient(s) email (comma separated) message captcha (Image: prwatch.org W...

"The Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge is one of the top birding destinations in North America and home to several endangered animal species ... If the levee wall is constructed, it will essentially destroy the refuge"

Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment If the levee wall is constructed, it will essentially destroy the refuge, a federal official told the Observer in an exclusive interview.

Creeps

Republican Lawmakers Buy Health Insurance Stocks as Repeal Effort Moves Forward Just as the House Republican bill to slash much of the Affordable Care Act moved forward, some lawmakers started trading health care stocks.

A pair of decades-old policies may change the way rural America gets local news What will be left of rural television stations?

Why am I facing 75 years in prison? By threatening anti-Trump protesters with decades in prison, the state is attempting to criminalise civil disobedience.

Is Trump committing war crimes in Iraq and Syria? Civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria have reportedly spiked since Trump took power. What is going on?

Yikes

Al-Jazeera, insurgent TV station that divides the Arab world, faces closure The network has raised political awareness across the Middle East. No wonder Qatar’s conservative enemies want it shut down

“The last eight to 10 months the world has been distracted. It’s all Trump, Trump, Trump . . . and here we are in crisis mode.”

Opinion | No one is paying attention to the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II The world is caught up in the Trump saga and ignoring a famine that could affect 20 million people in four countries.