Monday, May 20, 2024

Collusion or coincidence? Records show EPA efforts to slow herbicide review came in coordination...

Released communications show the EPA and Monsanto working in concert to stall a toxicology review that a unit tied to the CDC was conducting on glyphosate.

Tackling the ‘Impossible’: Ending Violence

Whenever, in ordinary circumstances, the subject of violence comes up, most people throw up their hands in horror and comment along the...

Protesters Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

Native Americans from across the U.S. and Canada continue to arrive at the resistance camps to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. Some of them locked themselves to the heavy machinery.

Lawsuit filed against jail officer for shooting inmate with shotgun on video

“At the time of the shooting, Prado was absolutely no threat to any of the corrections officers.”

Meat Is Murdering American Rivers

Government data shows that food processing plants are the biggest toxic polluters of waterways in the U.S.

Reaffirm our national community by forgiving student debt

The election of Donald Trump has reawakened something in millions of Americans.

Looming crisis: Millions at risk as WIC funding hangs in balance

With a crucial funding deadline looming, the fate of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) hangs in the balance, threatening vital aid for millions.

Police Officer Sentenced to 63 Months for Kicking in Suspect’s Teeth

After a dash cam footage caught an officer kicking in the suspect’s teeth and breaking his nose, a former Des Moines police officer was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. But why was there no mention of this excessive force in his arrest report?

Where are the women CEOs? Should we care?

Women CEOs are becoming slightly less rare at large corporations. But simply replacing men with women at the top of the income scale won't lead to greater equity.

Northwest climate activists fight a new front in the movement to stop fossil fuels

Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest.