Demanding wide-reaching reforms and an end to slavery, inmates in 17 States plan prison...
"Every single field and industry is affected on some level by prisons, from our license plates to the fast food that we eat to the stores that we shop at."
Northwest climate activists fight a new front in the movement to stop fossil fuels
Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest.
Former CDC Director arrested on sex abuse charges
Although Frieden and the victim have reportedly known each other for more than 20 years, they were not believed to have had an intimate relationship.
The American war from hell, 20 years later
Yes, it’s true, on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, that war is long forgotten here.
Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030, experts warn
“The scientific evidence is that we have a water crisis. We are misusing water, polluting water, and changing the whole global hydrological cycle, through what we are doing to the climate. It’s a triple crisis.”
Fox contributor Newt Gingrich wants Congress to change ethics laws for Trump
Newt Gingrich has a take on how Donald Trump can keep from running afoul of U.S. ethics laws: Change the ethics laws.
Army Corps to grant final easement for DAPL on Trump’s order, ignoring Environmental Impact...
“Trump thinks he’s getting what he wants, but the people who’ve been emboldened by the worldwide fight against the Dakota Access pipeline won’t quietly back away.”
The fuel shortages in Cuba are worse than you think
Cubans on the island are charting their own course outside U.S. hegemony and it is clear that the U.S.’s policy is to try and deny them that right.
Koch brothers to bribe GOP politicians to vote ‘no’ on health care bill
It seems the Koch brothers and their network are getting even bolder when it comes to showing their influence in politics.
Two roads diverge in a gonzo Trump wood—and losers loom
If DeSantis only broke more laws, / He’d be as popular as Santa Claus.