The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office is expected to make a decision by this Thursday on whether a proposed charter government for Athens County will…
The Spokesman-Review: People, not city, should vote on workers’ bill of rights
As the City of Spokane sues its own citizens in an attempt to keep a Worker Bill of Rights off the ballot, this opinion piece…
Inlander: City of Spokane wants Worker Bill of Rights initiative off ballot, files suit
The city of Spokane attempts to keep the people of Spokane from voting on their own Worker Bill of Rights, filing a lawsuit to block…
Envision Worker Rights Media Statement: City Files Legal Challenge to Block the Democratic Rights of Voters
Despite the constitutional right of Spokane, WA, citizens to vote on their own Worker Bill of Rights, the City of Spokane files suit in an…
The Spokesman-Review: Workers Bill of Rights proposal qualifies for Spokane ballot
Spokane, WA, residents successfully place a Worker Bill of Rights initiative on the November ballot. The city council is working to place advisory questions on…
The Southern Illinoisan: Anti-fracking group drafting a community bill of rights
Jackson County, IL, residents launch a campaign to advance a Community Bill of Rights banning fracking as a violation of their rights to clean air…
The World: Your View: Kudos from the other end of the LNG pipe
The people of Colorado express esprit de corps with and appreciation of the people of Oregon as both states advance community rights to stop fracking…
Foster’s Daily Democrat: Reclaiming community rights is nothing new
A New Hampshire Community Rights Network Board member traces Community Rights back to colonial New England, where residents reclaimed those rights from the British Crown…
Dissident Voice: The Future is in the Past: Economics 101 for Spokane
An in-depth look at Spokane, WA, its economy, and what sustainable and just would mean to the almost 40,000 people living in poverty. This includes…
PACRN Statement: Conestoga Township, PA, Resident Unjustly Arrested for Speaking Truth at a Public Meeting
The Pennsylvania Community Rights Network stands by Conestoga Township, PA, resident Kim Kann, who was arrested for speaking truth at a public meeting this week.…
Foster’s Daily Democrat: CELDF can help communities
In a letter-to-the-editor, New Hampshire resident and New Hampshire Community Rights Network member Pamela Martin recognizes CELDF's work to support communities in protecting their rights…
Plunderblund: Lethal Injection: One County’s Fight Against Frack Waste Wells And The Need For A Statewide Effort
As Athens County, OH, residents are subjected to increasing quantities of fracking wastewater imported into their communities, they are finding no remedy in their state…
In Remembrance of Gail Darrell
It is with great sadness that we share with you the loss of our friend and colleague, Gail Darrell. For nearly a decade, Gail has…
The Kane Republican: Seneca now seeks court injunction against Highland Twp.
While Seneca Resources insists it has suffered "irreparable harm" from Highland Township, PA's, Community Bill of Rights banning fracking injection wells, residents assert they have…
The Spokesman-Review: Envision Spokane initiative would add workers’ rights to city charter
Envision Spokane - a community, rights-based organization in Spokane, WA - is advancing a Worker's Bill of Rights for the November 2015 ballot that would…
Inlander: Envision Spokane files new Worker Bill of Rights initiative
Envision Spokane advances a CELDF-drafted Worker's Bill of Rights to protect workers' rights to a living wage, and three other key provisions.
Windsor Now: Community rights discussion takes root in Windsor
Residents of Windsor, CO, work to place a rights-based Charter Amendment on the ballot for a vote by the people, to secure and protect community…
New Hampshire Public Radio: Newfound Voters Again Weighing Wind Restrictions
Threatened with industrial wind farms, communities in New Hampshire use Community Bills of Rights to ban the harmful practices. The Town of Alexandria votes this…
Tiny Township Faces Injection Well Lawsuit
Highland Township, PA, residents and Supervisors determine they are protecting their water through their Community Bill of Rights banning fracking injection wells - regardless of…
Press Release: Oregon Files Constitutional Amendment to Secure Right to Local, Community Self-Government
ORCRN files a proposed state constitutional amendment to secure citizens' right to local, community self-government, thereby enabling the people to protect themselves from harmful corporate…
BlogTalkRadio: Soldiers for Peace International: CELDF and Local Democracy with Kai Huschke
While corporations are granted growing numbers of "rights" by the courts, local communities are asserting community rights to local self-government, and to clean air, soil,…
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