Stories written by Jeff Biggers

Illinois shamelessly lies to children about coal

Gov. Pat Quinn is flaunting an "educational" website that's creepy, outdated and blatantly deceiving

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 0
Sustainability AlterNet, Coal, Pat Quinn, Illinois

Illinois’ fracking and coal rush is a national crisis

Illinois and its Mississippi River banks are becoming another ground zero in the war over climate change

Jeff Biggers, Alternet Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 0
News AlterNet, Illinois, fracking, Coal

Big coal owns Illinois

The state's latest disgrace: Issuing pollutant discharge permits to a company cited for as many as 600 violations

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet Sunday, May 5, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 0
Business AlterNet, Illinois, Coal, Energy

Can this activist save Arizona?

"Show Us Your Papers" has inspired a new generation of progressives to challenge the state's backward leadership

Jeff Biggers Friday, Sep 21, 2012 4:29 PM UTC 0
Politics Immigration, Jan Brewer

Anti-immigration hawk trounced

Russell Pearce, the inspiration for GOP's immigration platform, lost another election in Arizona Tuesday

Jeff Biggers Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 5:34 PM UTC 0
Politics Immigration, Russell Pearce

Not first time Arizona governor stopped

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Ariz. Gov. Castro tells Salon he wasn't shocked when stopped recently: It's happened twice before

Jeff Biggers Thursday, Jul 5, 2012 10:14 PM UTC 0
Politics Arizona, Immigration, Raul Castro

SB 1070 backlash isn’t over

The Supreme Court's decision to strike down most of Arizona's immigration law won't slow the movement it provoked

Jeff Biggers Monday, Jun 25, 2012 3:09 PM UTC 0
Politics Immigration, Arizona

Alleged gunman’s GOP pal

Updated: The neo-Nazi who allegedly killed five people was once praised as a "true patriot" by Russell Pearce

Jeff Biggers Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:17 AM UTC 0
Politics Crime

Tucson says banished books may return to classrooms

Teachers charge censorship as Mexican-American studies ban goes into effect

Jeff Biggers Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 0
News Books, Arizona

Who’s afraid of “The Tempest”?

Arizona's ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare

Jeff Biggers Friday, Jan 13, 2012 10:47 PM UTC 0
News Books, Arizona

Arizona, meet yourself

Is the state still in denial on the anniversary of the Tucson shootings that killed six?

Jeff Biggers Saturday, Jan 7, 2012 6:44 PM UTC 0
News Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona

Sheriff Joe takes another hit

A Justice Department report blasts the embattled Arizona lawman for discriminating against Latinos

Jeff Biggers Friday, Dec 16, 2011 12:32 AM UTC 0
News Joe Arpaio

What happens in Arizona doesn’t stay in Arizona

Russell Pearce, influential ideologue of the right, is retired by a resurgent citizens movement

Jeff Biggers Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 4:30 PM UTC 0
News Tea Party, Russell Pearce

How Arizona wrote the GOP’s immigration platform

As the border gets more secure, Gov. Jan Brewer gets more agitated

Jeff Biggers Thursday, Nov 3, 2011 10:00 PM UTC 0
News Immigration Reform, Arizona

In the 19th century, the Romneys fled the law

The forefathers of the Republican contender did what he condemns today: Sought sanctuary across the border

Jeff Biggers Friday, Sep 9, 2011 3:30 PM UTC 0
Politics Mitt Romney, 2012 Elections

The disturbing copy-and-paste habits of Russell Pearce

Exclusive: Arizona's infamous state senator regularly employs the words of extremists

Jeff Biggers Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011 11:45 AM UTC 0
Politics Immigration, War Room

Blowing away King Coal

Can a scrawny young wind-power activist topple the biggest, dirtiest industry in West Virginia?

Jeff Biggers Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 11:23 AM UTC 0
All Salon Environment, Energy

In coal blood

The tragedy unfolding in Utah says mountains about America's abuse of coal miners, the land they work -- and our government's craven energy policy.

Jeff Biggers Wednesday, Aug 15, 2007 11:30 AM UTC 0
All Salon Energy, Global Warming

Salon

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