Yearly Archives: 2016
Who won in 2016? Big money.
Neither Clinton nor Trump took on the role of corporate mega-donors this election.
Beyond future shock
We cannot allow this mass expulsion of vitriol and despair define our futures. We are stronger than that.
Donald Trump dismantles Hillary Clinton’s big money machine
Republican nominee scores upset despite being outraised, outspent.
BREAKING: Dakota Access Pipeline nearly completed
Will Energy Transfer Partners obey the Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers orders?
Organizing in a Brave New World
By articulating a vision of a more just world, going on offense, demanding more instead of accepting less, and aligning campaigns against the billionaires at the top, labor can inspire and organize a movement dedicated to redistributing wealth and power.
The media and the earthquake
Our critic despairs of political coverage ever being put back together again.
Oklahoma’s latest fracking-related earthquake sparks demand for withdrawal of oil and gas leases
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that these dangerous wastewater-injection practices cause destructive quakes, the BLM failed to consider these effects in its evaluation of its latest lease auction in April 2016.
All sides move quickly as Dakota Access Pipeline nears the river
Recent Standing Rock drone footage makes it clear that time is running out in the Dakota Access battle, and the fight for control of this land is becoming more urgent.
President Obama admits ‘legitimate concerns’ in GMO debate
“If it turns out that some of these genetically modified foods aren’t healthier, aren’t more productive and use more pesticides then we should follow the science.”
How Bernie Sanders supporters are organizing to stop the TPP
As Obama gears up for a lame-duck push on the TPP, activists target U.S. House members at home.