Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Rick Perry, climate denier and Dakota Access Pipeline owner board member, named energy secretary

Governor Perry has serious conflicts of interest that should disqualify him from the job.

Organic Farmers Score New Victory in ‘David and Goliath’ GMO Fight

Jackson County, Oregon wins new protections against cultivation of genetically engineered crops.
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Meet the kids who confronted Sen. Feinstein: We’re the ones who will have to...

They are members of Earth Guardians San Francisco Bay Area Crew.

Police sergeant found guilty on all counts after participating in Capitol riots

Both officers were initially placed on administrative leave for attending the Capitol riots. The town fired them after their arrests.
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State of Emergency in France: 2,200 Police Raids, 3 Closed Mosques, Hundreds of Muslims...

Under the state of emergency, French police can raid any home without judicial oversight. The vast majority of those targeted in the raids have been Muslim. Watch the interview with Yasser Louati, spokesperson and head of the International Relations Desk for the Collective Against Islamophobia in France.

American youth make fossil fuel industry confront climate science in federal court

Young Americans could use a down payment on the colossal climate mortgage hanging over their future.

22 Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA and HHS on updated Hurricane Maria death...

Twenty-two legislators recently demanded answers regarding Hurricane Maria’s updated fatality count, which is nearly 50 times higher than previous official estimates.

‘An act of terrorism’: Mexico plans legal action against US after 6 citizens killed...

"Mexico would like to express its utmost, profound condemnation and rejection of this barbaric act."

Tornados can kill. So can Amazon’s business model.

Will we continue to tolerate corporate executive ‘risk taking’ that puts only workers at real risk?

Resistance in the heartland: Fighting ICE in small-town Iowa and Nebraska

Direct service and solidarity are important, but there’s no “way out of this” without effective advocacy for sweeping systemic and policy change.