Arctic waters have been rescued from drilling, but what about the land?
Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – and the people who depend on it.
Protesters for black lives are America’s true patriots
These activists wanted a better America, one that actually realized its ideals of equal justice and ensured life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Trump administration sued for suspending protections for endangered bumble bee
This is the third lawsuit NRDC has filed against the Trump administration for its attacks on regulation.
Portland public schools first to put global climate justice in classroom
Students learn about the front lines of global warming and how to be climate activists.
Chicago Alderman and her chief of staff indicted on bribery charges
Carrie Austin is now one of three sitting members of the City Council under federal indictment, along with Ed Burke and Patrick Daley Thompson.
The ‘Freedom’ convoy: Canada’s far right revolt
Unfortunately, some of those involved in the convoy and on online forums dedicated to it have called for a January 6th style event in Ottawa
English lawyers refuse to prosecute climate protestors in ‘declaration of conscience’
“Young lawyers are being placed in an impossible position. We’re being told by our firms and regulators it’s a professional obligation to act for fossil fuel projects, knowing that doing so will poison our own future and all of life on Earth."
Clarence Thomas proves it’s time for Supreme Court term limits
If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.
Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 24
Congressman and his wife plead not guilty to campaign spending charges, Kroger to phase out plastic bags, and more.