Yearly Archives: 2016
This election wasn’t about Trump
Where progressive initiatives and candidates were on the ballot, they won.
What student protests tell us about America under Trump
They’re telling us it’s time for bold stands, not wait-and-see equivocations in the face of rising hatred and discrimination in the nation.
Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access Pipeline
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that DNB was “reconsidering its participation” in the financing of the pipeline if “concerns raised by Native American tribes against its construction are not addressed.”
Trump agrees to pay $25 million in Trump U fraud settlement
The $25 million settlement was reached just days before Trump would have been required to testify in one of the California class-action lawsuits against him.
After Trump elected, nearly 200 nations proclaim “urgent duty” to implement Paris Climate accord
This comes just over a week after the election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull the United states out of the Paris Agreement and has called climate change a Chinese-created hoax.
Local governments can prohibit GE crops, says U.S. court of appeals
In granting its decision the court recognized potential harm to farmers and environment from the widespread planting of GE crops
Hunter who helped kill Cecil the Lion gets charges dropped
A Zimbabwe court drops charges against the local hunter who led dentist Walter Palmer to the famous lion.
This isn’t just a photo of Ivanka Trump. It’s a middle finger to democracy.
Shredding democratic traditions, one image at a time.
The Democratic party lost its soul. It’s time to win it back.
The party must transform itself from a fund-raising machine into a movement.
Oil Drilling in the Arctic Ocean and off the Atlantic Coast has been blocked
With this plan, it will be hard for the current President-elect to come in a change or alter the policy.