Friday, May 17, 2024

‘It’s about terrorizing Us’: Environmental racism expert draws parallels with police brutality

“If this moment can be sustained through further conversations, I think there can be a breakthrough.”

DOJ to appeal judge’s injunction against ‘cruel, unprecedented policy’ of deporting migrant children

The Trump administration—which has denied the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and seized infants from their parents—claims it is acting in the interest of public health and children.

From ‘Demos’ to ‘Podemos’: Popular Uprisings in Greece and Spain

The future of Europe is in flux, as popular movements in Greece and Spain gain power and challenge traditional economic and political systems. The global economic crisis created enormous suffering for billions around the world, but it also created an opening.

Canadian police arrest Indigenous opponents of gas pipeline and 2 journalists covering it

With British Columbia still reeling from historic floods, the RCMP rushed to break up an Indigenous blockade standing in the way of construction of a gas pipeline. Journalism organizations denounced the detainment of two reporters.

Ominous history in real time: Where we are now in the USA

This article is adapted from the new edition of Norman Solomon’s book “Made Love, Got War,” just published as a free e-book.

Officer who killed Tamir Rice fired for lying on job application

City officials and the police department insist that the officers were punished for administrative violations – not for the killing of a 12-year-old boy.

Yet another Koch cadet hired to push fossil fuels at Trump’s energy department

The Koch network is continuing to push their “pro-human” case for fossil fuels.

With US consumers ‘getting fleeced,’ Democrats demand windfall profits tax on Big Oil

"It is common sense" to use such a tax to provide rebates to consumers, argued Rep. Ro Khanna. "You have these oil companies making record profits at a time of a national emergency."

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

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

People Over Politics: Michigan Militia Joins Michael Moore to Protest Flint Water Crisis

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is bringing together some strange bedfellows in the name of helping a situation we all can relate to.