Thursday, March 28, 2024

North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism Is Not a Crime

We will fight this charge. Freedom of the press is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. North Dakota, muzzle the dogs, not the press.

What Obama’s Climate Legacy Tells Us About Executive Power

Incremental progress beats no progress. But the climate needs all hands, and all branches of government, on deck.

Security Firm Guarding Dakota Access Pipeline Also Used Psychological Warfare Tactics for BP

North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board announced that it has opened up an investigation into the private security firms deployed to patrol the pipeline protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux.

Kids Suing Government Over Climate Change May Get a Trial

A group of young people pressing a novel legal strategy get another day in federal court.

The New Flint: Children Exposed To Lead And Arsenic In Soil For Years, Are...

It's Flint all over again, except instead of a water crisis, it's a land crisis.

Arrest Warrant Issued for Journalist Amy Goodman After Covering Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

“After the clash, both sides reported injuries, and dozens of protesters reported Dakota Access security personnel attacking them with dogs and pepper spray — as documented in Goodman’s video footage.”

Obama Pipeline Plot Twist Is Not a Victory—And Could Erase the Struggle

By toasting the illusion of victory, we could undo what we have built at Standing Rock, this unprecedented act of collective resistance. By celebrating too soon, you’re helping to build a pipeline.

Victory! Australia Bans Cosmetic Animal Testing Nationwide

Starting July 2017, Australia will ban cosmetics which have been tested on animals as well as any products containing ingredients that have been tested on animals.

Standoff at Standing Rock: Even Attack Dogs Can’t Stop the Native American Resistance

The battle against the Dakota Access pipeline is being waged as a renewed assertion of indigenous rights and sovereignty, as a fight to protect clean water, but, most importantly, as part of the global struggle to combat climate change and break from dependence on fossil fuels.