Corporate python Massey Energy has filed suit against the latest sign-wielding human to bring its destructive mountaintop removal mining practices to a halt. From the AP, reporting in Morgantown, West Virginia:
Massey did not immediately comment on its cases Wednesday, but court filings suggest the protesters are having a measurable, if minor, impact on the bottom [...]
THOMAS MERTON SQUARE, LOUISVILLE, KY, ‘MERICA — The shade offered by Marjan Javid’s umbrella does little to mitigate the intense early afternoon sun; beads of sweat have collected on the bridge of her nose, and her slow movements and speech indicate the preliminary signs of dehydration. Maybe that’s because the umbrella itself — a flimsy [...]
Community organizers are planning to descend on the East Market Street McDonald’s today at noon to protest anti-gay discrimination.
The Fairness Campaign, ACLU-KY and other social justice groups organized the protest in response to a run-in several out-of-town customers had with an employee of the fast-food restaurant in July. A woman working behind the counter allegedly [...]