North Carolina GOP boasts that its voter suppression efforts are working
Press release celebrates that African-American early voting is down in the state.
How a company with ties to a Dakota Access Pipeline owner flew over protests...
Why was a private company allowed into this airspace when no one else was? What is the background on this company?
Defying the politics of fear
We owe it to those who come after us not to be complicit in this evil.
“CoreCivic”: new name, same for-profit prison greed
We must put an end to this shameful vestige of our country’s worst deeds.
Dakota Access Pipeline: “There are no acceptable rerouting options”
“There are no acceptable rerouting options, there is only one solution: stop this pipeline.”
Dakota Access Pipeline builder ignored Obama admin request to halt construction
“This debacle also shows the need to make the Army Corps of Engineers’ permitting process much more transparent, with a full environmental review and thorough, participatory tribal consultation.”
Pipeline blast that killed one under investigation by national safety board
House Democrats called for an investigation this week citing their concerns that this was the “third major incident on Colonial’s system in just over a year and the seventh in less than five years.”
The white horse and the humvees—Standing Rock is offering us a choice
Right here, between the barricades on a North Dakota highway, is a pivotal confrontation between two world views, two futures.
With voting rights protections gutted, polling places have been shuttered on a ‘massive scale’
Decisions to shutter or reduce voting locations are often made quietly and at the last minute, making pre-election intervention or litigation virtually impossible.
Police turn in badges rather than incite violence against Standing Rock protestors
At least two police officers turned in their badges today after acknowledging that attacking peaceful protestors is not what they signed up for.