Yearly Archives: 2016
WikiLeaks Supporters Launch Plan to Restore Assange’s Internet Connection
The plan, known as “Operation Hot Pockets,” involves Assange supporters gathering around the embassy, in shifts, to create mobile wireless hotspots in order to provide the WikiLeaks founder with internet access.
Bad Hombre
Michelle, you get four years off for great behavior but we want to see you run in 2020. No one could heal this nation better.
If Trump Had Been at Gettysburg in 1863
On Saturday, Donald Trump made a speech in Gettysburg that was nothing like President Abraham Lincoln's revered one. Michael Winship imagines the speech Trump might have delivered in Lincoln's day.
Why Trump’s Racism and Misogyny Represent the Global 1%
Trump isn't the only one. Global financial power is intrinsically misogynistic and racist.
An All-American Slaughter
What’s new in all this isn’t the gangs themselves, but how much deadlier they’ve become in recent years.
How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline?
The militarized response is escalating, Dakota Access construction is accelerating. To be clear: North Dakota is acting as trustee for the company, using what it considers the powers of state to make this project so.
Park Ranger Murdered While Protecting Critically Endangered Gorillas
Jacques is the second ranger to be killed in the park in the last six months.
Pipeline Owned By the Company Behind Dakota Access Leaks 55,000 Gallons of Gasoline
Sunoco spills crude more often than any of its competitors and has had more than 200 leaks since 2010.
Mega AT&T Merger Would put Clinton’s Trust Busting Promises to the Test
She’s already laid out an aggressive antitrust agenda. Would she unleash it on AT&T?
Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds up Pipeline Construction
On Saturday over 100 people were arrested at a peaceful march after they were confronted by police in riot gear, carrying assault rifles.