Oil spill in North Dakota leaks 840,000 gallons of emulsion
The spill in Mountrail County involved emulsion—both crude oil and produced water from a well before it's separated—which flowed onto agricultural land.
The first 50 days
While there are already all too many examples of that very sort of perversification, let me just focus on several that could prove crucial when it comes to the future of our imperiled democracy.
Trump’s national emergency creates another border crisis – for families, wildlife, protected lands
The president’s “unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist does great violence to our Constitution and makes America less safe, stealing from urgently needed defense funds for the security or our military and our nation.”
Musk, Trump, and the second Gilded Age
Will their audacity and excesses usher in a second progressive era?
‘A monstrosity’: Biden blasted over planned executive order on asylum
Migrant rights advocates decry Biden's upcoming executive order, likening it to Trump-era policies and raising significant legal and humanitarian concerns.
Undersheriff and Captain Indicted on Federal Obstruction Charges
It's another case of corruption within a police department after an undersheriff and captain were accused of corruptly influencing and impeding an FBI investigation into abuse and bribery. The L.A. Sheriff's Department has a noted culture and acceptance of corruption.
‘A $753,000,000,000 Defense Budget Is a Failure’: Biden Pentagon Request Rebuked
Progressive anti-war campaigners and lawmakers blasted President Joe Biden's call Friday for a $753 billion military budget for fiscal year 2022, a...
Biden must call off the B-52s bombing Afghan cities
As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we should reflect on how the Bush administration exploited the U.S. public’s thirst for revenge to unleash this bloody, tragic and utterly futile 20-year war.
‘Congress didn’t ask for a summary:’ Demands to #ReleaseTheFullReport surge after Barr letter
"Congress didn't ask for a 'summary,' Attorney General Barr. Members of the House voted 420-0 to release the report. The American people deserve to see the full report."
Chicago braces as Trump threatens troops and mass ICE raids
Officials vow court action while communities organize, citing billions for militarization and warnings of secrecy and civil rights violations.








