Big Lies, Little Lies and the Punishment of Brian Williams
Williams is in the public dock for telling a false story about his experiences covering the American invasion of Iraq; the disclosure humiliated him, his colleagues and his network when exposed. Is his punishment excessive, or does it fit the crime?
Trump-appointed judge sides with cops who brutalized DAPL protesters
A decision that critics have characterized as a tacit endorsement of the violent repression of climate justice advocates.
Meet the activists with a plan to make climate change matter in elections
When we speak in terms of people’s needs and dreams rather than inanimate carbon-things, deniers don’t stand a chance.
Occupied bodies: How SCOTUS’ repeal of Roe and the Israeli Supreme Court’s expulsion of...
It is possible that a majority of American women will have fewer rights over their own bodies than the Muslim women living in 29 M.
U.S. Escalates Battle to Keep Guantánamo Force-Feeding Tapes Hidden
A federal judge had given the government until Friday to release footage in which a Syrian detainee was force-fed. The government has now appealed.
How workers in the South are defying history
The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.
Big Food Found Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Cover Up in GMO Labeling Fight
The future of food transparency in the country is now at the hands of the Senate with Sen. Pat Roberts’ (R-Kan.) Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (SAFE) expected to hit the Senate floor any day now.
Kenya Burns 106 Tons Of Ivory
“A time has come when we must take a stand and the stand is clear…Kenya is making a statement that for us ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s current president said.
Inside the grassroots plan to get fossil fuel money out of politics
To advocates who have been involved with both efforts, the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge represents the extension of divestment’s logic into the political sphere.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention To A New Level
Is "Operation Border Guardian" intended to create fear among those still in Central America who might consider taking the perilous journey north to the U.S.?








