Tuesday, May 7, 2024

This Natural Disaster Assistance Law Is Why Other States Are Policing Dakota Access Pipeline...

“The world is watching the violence of local police at the Camp at Standing Rock — and we are horrified.”

The Injustice at Standing Rock Is an American Story

I'm angry. White people in Oregon are acquitted while Native people in North Dakota are attacked by riot police from five states. And our politicians are preoccupied.

Sorry for Killing Your Son, CIA Tells Drone Strike Victim’s Family During Unprecedented Meeting

For years they have refused to release details of the strikes, fighting successive court cases brought by relatives of strike victims and by civil liberties groups.
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WATCH: Report Back on Militarized Police Raid of DAPL Resistance Camp

"Yesterday was a really shameful moment for this country and where we stand."
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Indigenous Youth Occupy Hillary Clinton Campaign Headquarters to Demand She Take Stand on DAPL

While Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has come out against the pipeline, Hillary Clinton has so far refused to take a stance.

The Same Day White Armed Occupiers Were Acquitted, Peaceful Native American Activists Were Tear...

Under no circumstances should it be acceptable for peaceful protesters in North Dakota to be attacked and arrested, while armed occupiers in Oregon are either left alone or amicably reasoned with.

Bernie Sanders Demands a Stop to the Dakota Pipeline in Open Letter to President...

“It is deeply distressing to me that the federal government is putting the profits of the oil industry ahead of the treaty and sovereign rights of Native American communities."

Marijuana’s $2.4 Billion Impact in Colorado Is a lesson for 5 States Considering Legalization

Colorado’s experience suggests starting a legal cannabis industry is one of the most efficient ways to generate new economic activity.

7 Solutions to the Climate Crisis

How we create energy with renewables is important. How we store this energy—so we can use it when needed—is just as critical.

Mass Consumption Is Causing Mass Extinction. Can We Stop Ourselves?

A new report finds that humans are largely responsible for a 58 percent plunge in animal populations since 1970.