Shell to pay up for contaminating groundwater in California
"Thankfully for this verdict, we can ensure that our residents have a safe, reliable source of drinking water, and not have to face the same issues that far too many of our fellow valley residents have to face.”
Trump administration suppresses CIA torture report
“No senator, chairman or not, has the authority to erase history.”
Former State Senator and Assemblyman Both Admit Accepting and Concealing Bribes
Initially facing up to 396 years in federal prison for his 24-count indictment, Ron Calderon accepted a plea deal in which prosecutors are only seeking no more than 70 months in prison.
New tariffs on Chinese goods exempt American clothing industry, business motives in question
Experts aren’t convinced that this administration isn’t shaping public policy around personal business motives.
Florida cop with racist, violent history named officer of the year
Mills has been the subject of more than 15 civilian complaints between 2012 and 2015.
News study warns fracking is destroying US water supply
"The water footprint from fracking is only set to go up, the study informed, which raises "concerns about its sustainability, particularly in arid or semi-arid regions in western states, or other areas where groundwater supplies are stressed.”
What the Pegasus Project has revealed about the rise of for profit surveillance
For journalists and activists what we’ve learned about Pegasus has created new doubts about security.
An open letter to the Green Party about 2020 election strategy
The nine early signers believe the letter can plausibly inspire and facilitate a public, reasoned, discussion of Green Party election policy and that such a discussion might in turn fundamentally influence the 2020 election outcome.
When big money buys off criticism of big money
Big money should not be influencing what should be investigated, revealed, and discussed – especially about big money.
‘What to the slave is the 4th of July?’: James Earl Jones reads Frederick...
On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”