Eight ways to strengthen our democracy beyond voting
The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.
Did a DAPL security worker wielding an AR-15 rifle try to infiltrate native water...
A Standing Rock Sioux tribal member says he saw the man driving down Highway 1806 toward the main resistance camp with an AR-15 rifle on the passenger side of his truck.
Toxic air – the ‘invisible killer’ that stifles 300 million children
For WHO and its partners, this series of measures to achieve a reduction of pollutants could significantly reduce the number of annual deaths from air pollution.
Chief Obama trade negotiator: “We can get the votes” for TPP
“I don’t see how anyone could believe there was integrity in this process.”
1 million people ‘check in’ on Facebook to support Dakota Access Pipeline protesters
The Sacred Stone Camp told Snopes they are not behind the tactic but pointed out it was a “great way to express solidarity” with the pipeline protest.
Why police from 7 different states invaded a Standing Rock camp—and other questions
To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That’s one answer.
Thanksgiving at Standing Rock
Too many of us whine and grieve that we are losing everything—but do nothing to stop it and just go along.
Bundys vs. c: Armed white militia leaders walk free as Native Americans face police...
The tribe says militia members mishandled tribal artifacts and bulldozed sacred sites. Militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy still face federal charges related to an armed standoff in Nevada in 2014.
Security firm running Dakota Access Pipeline intelligence has ties to U.S. military work in...
“It is another terrifying example of how our violent interventions abroad come home to haunt us in the form of repression and violation of our civil rights.”
After two wars, Standing Rock is the first time I served the American people
‘I’ve been on the wrong side of history’