Yearly Archives: 2016
Hundreds of water protectors injured after riot police fire water cannons and rubber bullets
National Lawyers Guild legal observers witnessed multiple injuries, including people being knocked unconscious and bleeding after being hit by rubber bullets.
CDC scientists expose agency corruption
Given this long history of deeply entrenched scientific chicanery at the CDC, it's no surprise that scientists are now complaining
How a battle over affordable medicine helped kill the TPP
The debate about an exotic new kind of drug delayed the trade deal for years, thanks in part to relentless advocates who stood up to big pharma.
Why targeting corporate Democrats is part of the fight against Trump
Social movements have every reason to oppose this tendency, to create the political will to filibuster, and to bolster politicians who will break with the discredited neoliberal center.
Why don’t we have free trade for highly paid professions in the U.S.?
The potential benefits for the economy would be enormous.
Trump can’t hold back the tide of climate action
Market forces, state and local action, and strong social movements could blunt the impacts of a denialist White House.
Finally, a chance to remake the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party needs to become a cause more people want to fight for. In the midst of defeat, it has that chance.
Trump spokeswoman says Americans should ignore conflicts-of-interest, focus on Trump’s ‘sacrifice’
In his first week as president-elect, Trump used his new position to bolster his business interests.
Bernie Sanders Supporter to Possibly Join Trump Administration
She would be the first woman, first Democrat and youngest member picked for Trump’s cabinet.
From the Sioux to the Sault: Standing Rock spirit spreads to Michigan’s upper peninsula
A 63-year-old pipeline runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Great Lakes tribes—tapping into the Standing Rock spirit—want it stopped. A “Sacred Water” story.