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Take Action to Protect Key WFP Partner, Ricardo Esquivia

Witness for Peace
Ricardo Esquivia, a renowned Colombian human rights lawyer, peace advocate, religious leader and a great friend to Witness for Peace, will be arrested by the military on false charges of being a guerrilla if we don't stop it.

Wisconsin Survey Suggests Many Teachers Dissatisfied with Profession

By Erin Richards Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The survey, Voices from the Classroom, was taken by a sample of about 2,000 teachers across the state in May and June. The survey revealed concerns from teachers about the public not understanding how education has changed. More than one in three teachers said they don't have enough money to do what's necessary in the classroom.

Monsanto Spends Millions to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative

By Mike Ludwig Truthout
The campaign for Washington ballot Initiative 552 is already looking a lot like last year's Proposition 37 campaign in California, where biotech and agribusiness interests outspent organic food producers and grassroots labeling supporters by nearly 5 to 1 in a high-profile battle over labeling genetically engineered groceries in the Golden State.

The Cleverest New Anti-Abortion Law

Emily Bazelon Slate
Will the Supreme Court strike down Oklahoma’s devious attempt to stop doctors from prescribing the safest kind of medical abortion?

Fighting To Stay Home

David Bacon In These Times
Violently evicted by their government and unwelcome in the U.S., Mexican mining unionists have nowhere to go.