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Growing up in Asheville during the 1960s and 1970s, restaurateur Kevin Westmoreland saw his neighborhood of Biltmore Village flood—unsurprising, given its location near the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers.  But when tropical storms Ivan and Frances hit Asheville in 2004—supposedly a “once in a century-storm”—floodwaters rose over the front stepsContinue Reading

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Scarlett’s* post on my town’s Facebook page was going viral. “Be on the lookout for poison oak!” it warned, alongside an image of her nasty rash. Commenters were sharing their own encounters with poison oak, and a few with poison sumac, all while doing yard work. And while Scarlett’s intentionsContinue Reading

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En el centro del estado de Washington, los organizadores latinos están promoviendo el voto y eligiendo a sus propios candidatos The post Poder latino appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading

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Democracy Now! co-host Juan González has co-authored a major new report for the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago titled “Fuerza Mexicana: The Past, Present, and Power of Mexicans in Chicagoland,” which takes a deep look into Chicago’s Mexican community. Constituting one-fifth of the city’s population,Continue Reading