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Making noise, online and in local government meetings, is where organizers are succeeding across the country in their goals of stopping new center construction.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Each summer, the teenage Hockney had cycled here from Bradford to earn pocket money on local farms.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Once packages arrive, they frequently sit at the port in Havana for two weeks or more because fuel shortages prevent local delivery trucks from operating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Groups, often regardless of political affiliation, are fighting back in town council meetings and local government sessions where most of these projects are approved.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Reverend Lyman Granger told his dear friend, Reverend Lemuel Clark, that three local sisters were helping him speak to his daughter, Harriet.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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