Yearly Archives: 2021
Biden administration confirms oil and gas lease auction set for Nov. 17
The Biden administration's decision to hold the lease sale is being challenged in federal court.
Trump-era “domestic gag rule” reversed thanks to Biden administration
“The end of the Title X gag rule is a major victory for patients, access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, and health equity.”
Climate-change transition in the age of the billionaire
A world of solidarity economics or climate profiteering?
Oil spill off California coast devastates wetlands, kills wildlife
"You think by now we would have figured out how to keep this kind of thing from happening, but I guess not."
4 ways reparations can address racial inequality in education
Unequal schools are one of many manifestations of systemic racism. Changing the way schools are financed and homeowners are taxed can be a vehicle for reparations.
Stop calling the military budget a ‘defense’ budget
Let’s blow away the linguistic fog. The Pentagon budget is not a “defense” budget.
23 gone, countless more to save
Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.
Meet the coalition resisting the global push for land privatization in Brazil
A campaign by U.S. and Brazilian activists challenging TIAA and other financial firms’ complicity in land grabs and deforestation in Brazil is scoring major victories.
Biden admin slammed for plowing ahead with ‘illegal’ lease sale amid offshore oil spills
One attorney said her environmental group is “deeply disappointed by the Biden administration’s failure to follow the law and to fulfill its promises. So we will see them in court.”
Personal interview: Coleen Rowley What are the Prospects for Peace?
In this fifth installment of the '"What are the Prospects for Peace?" interview series, Coleen Cowley talks about the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time.