Sumas First Nation Chief Dalton Silver said the spill happened just south of the Lightning Rock site, a cultural and burial ground of great significance to their people. He said it’s the fourth time in 15 years that there has been a spill from the pipeline on their land. “Our main concern is for the cleanup of…
Environmental groups, regional tribes and fishing organizations head to court in defense of community health and critical protections for the consumption of fish. Today, a coalition of organizations, in cooperation with regional tribes who have been leading this fight, filed a lawsuit to uphold these hard-won, critical human health protections. They include Columbia Riverkeeper, North…
This weekend, June 19-21, we’re joining the Movement for Black Lives in a Juneteenth mobilization in your community, in Washington, DC, and from your own home. Together we join in the calls to defund the police, invest in Black communities, and call for Trump’s resignation. Read more and find an event here.
June 15th marks the eight-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Many members of this community may remember the joy they felt that day, knowing that the program would provide much-deserved safety and opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people across the United States. But cruelly, this morning was not one…
Breaking News from the ACLU The Supreme Court just handed down a tremendous decision: Under federal law, employers cannot fire or otherwise discriminate against workers just for being LGBTQ. Let’s be clear: This means it is illegal to fire someone, or refuse to hire them, for being LGBTQ in all 50 states. It is a historic…
