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| So close to Friday! Today we have a column about the parallels between Indigenous rights and Britney Spears. We also have a piece about California's recent oil spill and its impact on the environment. |
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| By Adam Crepelle |
| Britney Spears has brought tremendous attention to the potential hazards of conservatorships. Indeed, Spears has done the seemingly impossible by making the issue bipartisan. |
| A forthcoming Senate hearing sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., will examine how conservatorships can harm the health and financial well-being of those under guardianships. The United States' Indigenous people know this all too well. |
| In 1831, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled tribes were not full sovereigns but "domestic dependent nations." It explained that tribes "are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." |
| Nearly two centuries later, tribes remain "domestic dependent nations" and are still denied the ability to self-govern. The conservatorship the United States exercises over tribes exhibits all the malicious symptoms of Spears' conservatorship. |
Today's Editorial Cartoon |
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| By Ted Danson and Jacqueline Savitz |
| The devastating oil spill off the California coast is wreaking havoc on the local environment and economy, yet this is just the latest tragedy brought to us by the oil and gas industry. Oiled animals are washing up on beaches, there are reports of heavy vapors in the region, beaches are closed and fishing is not allowed. The impacts are not just to the environment but to the local businesses that will have to turn away visitors. |
| Three years ago, Oceana stood about half an hour from the disaster currently unfolding, warning that this would happen. We warned that where we drill, we spill, and if the government continued to allow the oil industry to pursue dirty and dangerous offshore drilling, we would see oil washing up on California's beaches. And here we are. With consequences like these, the only possible comfort is that maybe this can be the jolt the government needs to finally end the chokehold that the planet-destroying fossil fuel industry has on our country. |
Other columns to check out |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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