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What Is Hempcrete? And Democrats Resistance To Change (Black Tower Radio Interview)An activist waves a yellow and black Occupy Wall Street flag in New York City on March 23, 2012.
An activist waves a yellow and black Occupy Wall Streeet flag in New York City on March 23, 2012. (Flickr / B.C. Lorio, CC NC ND license)
July 13, 2017
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What Is Hempcrete? And Democrats Resistance To Change (Black Tower Radio Interview)

Posted in Act Out!, Audio, Journalism, and Ministry of Hemp

On the first Wednesday of every month, I appear on Black Tower Radio to discuss my latest journalism.

Hempcrete is a simple and unique building material that creates sustainable, durable, and healthy homes. Leigh Humphries, a student at Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina used hempcrete to create a unique doghouse as her final project, but hempcrete is not just for dogs. It’s appearing in more and more buildings across the United States.

Plus, the Democrats are calling for a “summer of resistance” but the history of the party suggests they’re unable to embrace real progressive change. We look back at the history of the Wisconsin Uprising, and examine the problems in modern democracy.

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College Student Builds Sustainable Doghouse From Versatile Hempcrete
Leigh Humphries hempcrete doghouse, made of layers of compressed hemp shivs mixed with water and a binder, sits drying in her garage. It's roof is corrugated metal. (Leigh Humphries)
July 5, 2017
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College Student Builds Sustainable Doghouse From Versatile Hempcrete

Posted in Journalism, and Ministry of Hemp

“It’s mold resistant, it’s pest resistant, it’s fire resistant.”

Leigh Humphries, from Wilmington, North Carolina, is passionate about hempcrete, the sustainable building material she used to build a unique doghouse.

Humphries recently graduated with a degree in Sustainability Technologies from Cape Fear Community College, and the doghouse was her “capstone” project in the vocational program.

While you won’t yet find hempcrete doghouses shading Fido from the sun in many back yards, it’s a building material with proven benefits and a growing appeal. Hempcrete homes are popping up from Kentucky to Alaska and beyond.

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Unprecedented Legislative Coup Happening Now In North Carolina
At a Moral Monday protest in Raleigh, North Carolina, a sign reads "Let the people vote!" November 28, 2016. (Flickr / Pilar Timpane)
December 17, 2016
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Unprecedented Legislative Coup Happening Now In North Carolina

Posted in Archive, Journalism, and Lee Camp

Inside the North Carolina House, protesters chanted as police arrested them one by one.

For the second day in a row, the chambers were cleared and the public was banned from viewing a legislative coup in progress.

The North Carolina GOP, facing the defeat of incumbent Gov. Pat McCrory on November 8, are doing everything they can to hold onto power, even if it means literally rewriting state law.

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North Carolina Cuts Use Of Prison Torture In Half
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June 2, 2016
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North Carolina Cuts Use Of Prison Torture In Half

Posted in Journalism, and MintPress News

Half as many prisoners in North Carolina face solitary confinement, thanks to dedicated efforts to cut back on the controversial practice often equated with torture.

“Last spring, roughly 5,330 of the state’s 38,000 prisoners – 1 in 7 – were segregated from other inmates on any given day,” wrote Taylor Knopf on May 26 in the News & Observer. “By this month, that number had been reduced to 2,540.”

Contrary to the idea that solitary confinement helps control dangerous inmates, Knopf noted: “State prison officials say solitary confinement is not working and doesn’t lead to positive behavioral change.”

“We are changing the culture” in prisons, said David Guice, the state’s prison commissioner, in an interview with Knopf. Other states saw reductions in violence against guards after limiting “heavy” use of solitary confinement, Guice said, expressing his hope that North Carolina would see similar results.

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