Yearly Archives: 2017
6 banks behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline
The pipeline threatens communities’ drinking water, pristine forests, farms and historic places.
Trump campaign secretly communicated with Russians at least 18 times
Trump claims, “This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!”
But wait, U.S. Bank has not stopped funding pipelines
Despite announcing its intent to stop pipeline project loans, U.S. Bank still gives massive amounts of general financing to oil giants who build pipelines. Will it stop that?
Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war
Was Chelsea Manning motivated by moral injury?
The U.S. and Turkey are deeply divided over Syria policy
Can Trump get his magpie mind around the complexities of Syria?
The progressive movement just scored a huge win in Philly’s DA race
Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.
Offshore oil well leaked for months, public kept in dark for a year
“There's absolutely no justification for continuing to keep the company involved or the location of the oil spill a secret.”
The Bradley Foundation’s secret war on gay marriage and liberal sex
The Bradley Foundation thinks it can use money to “reshape” a nation’s thinking about marriage and family.
Pennsylvania school now doing emergency drills in case of pipeline explosion
The type of natural gas liquids associated with this project have a troubling safety record.
Donald Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors
But what if Donald Trump were actually held responsible for real crimes?