Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on July 11, 2019
People across the world, including here in Kentucky, are disgusted and distrubed by the images coming from ICE detention facilities.
Posted by: Lisa Abbott on July 9, 2019
KFTC members and residents of many other coal producing states and regions have followed the activities of Revelation Energy, LLC with increasing alarm in recent years.
They watched closely as the company went a buying spree, acquiring hundreds of mine permits and hundreds of thousands of acres of mines in Kentucky alone from 2014 to 2018. They tracked notices of dozens of safety, health and environmental violations and overdue taxes charged against Revelation Energy, many of which remain outstanding. (According to the Lexington Herald Leader, Revelation Energy has been the top violator of reclamation and environmental rules in each of the last three years.)
And throughout this year, KFTC members actively organized against proposed mining permits and permit amendments sought by Revelation Energy that threaten water quality and community well-being in Harlan and Pulaski counties.
Posted by: Alexa Hatcher on July 3, 2019
On Tuesday, July 2, the Southern KY chapter Democracy Team gathered for a meeting. During the meeting, emergent strategy was discussed.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on July 2, 2019
On June 29, more than 20 KFTC members, and folks interested in finding out more about KFTC, met up in Maysville for an informal get-together.
Posted by: Yesenia Soriano-Altamirano on July 2, 2019
Hi my name is Yesenia Soriano- Altamirano and I will be working with Kentuckians For The Commonwealth this summer to better understand the work that is happening here in our home state Kentucky. I
Posted by: Rosanne Klarer on July 1, 2019
Food is love, and is a key part of creating any community. This was especially clear at the Rolling Bluegrass first ever grassroots food fair!
Posted by: Maria Truitt on June 25, 2019
Twenty-three years ago, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle, began traveling the world conducting World Peace and Prayer Day.
Posted by: Alexa Hatcher on June 20, 2019
Members in Hart County attended a Party on the River last weekend at Thelma Stovall Park in Munfordville.
Posted by: Robin Gee and Maria Truitt on June 17, 2019
On June 6, the current standards set by the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) for monitoring water quality in the Ohio River became voluntary.
Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on June 13, 2019
This year Northern Kentucky as a community celebrated the 10th Annual Pride!
