[Note from BenIndy: We know that words can sometimes fail us, but numbers don’t always fare so well, either. Lewiston, Maine’s mass shooting, in which 18 people lost their lives horrifically, was the 36th mass shooting of 2023. This year alone, we have lost at least 190 people to mass shootings, defined by the FBI … Continue reading These are the 18 victims of the Lewiston, Maine mass shooting
[Note from BenIndy: According to the Wall Street Journal, there ‘hasn’t been a major new oil refinery built in the U.S. since the 1970s, and many plants are more than 100 years old’ – including the BP refinery in Oregon, Ohio that killed two brothers last year, as detailed in this amazing WSJ article. (Our … Continue reading He Feared His Refinery Job. His Brother Stayed to Help. The Explosion Hit at 6:46 P.M.
Sheri Leigh on what she’s learned about La Migra so far, and where we may want to go next By Sheri Leigh, September 22, 2023 Back in May 2023, I posted my concerns about a game the high school students in Benicia play, which they call La Migra. At its simplest level, it is a … Continue reading It’s been almost 20 weeks since Sheri Leigh first wrote about Benicia’s ‘La Migra’ games. What have we learned, and what’s next?
The Washington Post, by Kate Selig, August 14, 2023 In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels. The court determined that a provision in the Montana … Continue reading Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision
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