Bank backing pipeline launches own investigation into treatment of Standing Rock Sioux
$460 million in credit is at stake for the Dakota Access and Bakken pipeline as Norway’s largest bank announces its own “fact-based” evaluation of indigenous rights abuses.
5 big Wins, 2 big losses on key eco-ballot initiatives
An energy and big business-backed state constitutional amendment passed in Colorado, while a controversial carbon tax initiative in Washington went down to defeat.
Hillary Clinton didn’t break the glass ceiling, but these female lawmakers did
The 115th United States Congress will have the highest percentage of women legislators in its history.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses re-election
Responsible for costing Maricopa County million of dollars in civil rights violation lawsuits, Arpaio can soon finally stop calling himself America’s toughest sheriff.
BREAKING: Dakota Access Pipeline nearly completed
Will Energy Transfer Partners obey the Department of Justice and Army Corps of Engineers orders?
Organizing in a Brave New World
By articulating a vision of a more just world, going on offense, demanding more instead of accepting less, and aligning campaigns against the billionaires at the top, labor can inspire and organize a movement dedicated to redistributing wealth and power.
All sides move quickly as Dakota Access Pipeline nears the river
Recent Standing Rock drone footage makes it clear that time is running out in the Dakota Access battle, and the fight for control of this land is becoming more urgent.
President Obama admits ‘legitimate concerns’ in GMO debate
“If it turns out that some of these genetically modified foods aren’t healthier, aren’t more productive and use more pesticides then we should follow the science.”
How Bernie Sanders supporters are organizing to stop the TPP
As Obama gears up for a lame-duck push on the TPP, activists target U.S. House members at home.
Susan Sarandon wants you to change banks to protest the DAPL
Sarandon is asking for activists to pull their money out of the banks which are invested in the Dakota Access pipeline. #WaterIsLife