Thursday, September 4, 2025

A former EPA adviser on how to push for environmental justice under Trump

“In our country there are two things that move policy. One is money. The other is the power of people.”

Native tribes continue fight against pipelines

In the Midwest, Native resistance is gearing up for the next challenge.

On the road from protest to power: A rising tide

The “political establishment” is going to have a much harder time using its financial and institutional muscle to relegate this new generation of thoughtful, strategic and energized grassroots candidates.

Former jail administrator sentenced to prison for depriving insulin to diabetic inmate

“Denying necessary medical treatment is inhuman and unconstitutional.”

New tobacco filters sprout seeds when littered

“After all, any business that makes only money, we believe, is a bad business.”

Wall Street thieves find new ways to steal from us

The "new way" is the same old story of the rich robbing the rest of us.

Poison papers: Monsanto knew PCBs were toxic for years but sold them anyway

Monsanto's vice president of global strategy did not contest the authenticity of the documents.

You cannot trap the ‘magic rat’: Trump, Congress and geopolitics

The ‘magic rat’ is simply the mechanism by which an unconscious and terrified mind instantly switches its attention from something frightening to something more pleasant to avoid having any time to consciously engage with the presented information.

Trump administration’s solution to climate change: Ban the term

The effectiveness of this approach has previously been tested and has shown poor results.