The Trump Corollary
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro.
TC Energy terminates Keystone XL Pipeline project
"The Company will continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups to meet its environmental and regulatory commitments and ensure a safe termination of and exit from the Project."
Report: Proposed EPA cuts further imperil environmental protections in cash-strapped states
As Trump pushes to slash the EPA’s budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.
Trump suspends military aid to Ukraine after oval office meltdown, siding with Putin over...
The decision halts over $1 billion in critical weaponry and ammunition, marking a major shift in U.S. foreign policy and raising alarms among lawmakers and foreign policy experts.
US strike activity surged in 2022 as SCOTUS workers’ rights ruling looms
"Workers will face potential liability for any damages the employer deems to be related to the work stoppage. This would greatly limit workers ability to strike and would be a gross misinterpretation of the NLRA."
Protests continue across Canada in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders fighting fracked gas pipeline
Demonstrations over the past week have halted traffic in downtown Vancouver and shut down railways throughout the country.
An Afro-Indigenous perspective on policing
In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy.
Millions facing eviction and joblessness get no immediate help from Trump’s new executive orders
Under Trump’s order, unemployed workers would continue receiving an additional $400 a week, but only once states put up a quarter of the money and set up a new system to distribute the payments.
When it comes to the truth of opinion columns, it’s reader beware
Normally, there is at least the assumption, among professional journalists and readers alike, that the opinion pieces are held to some basic standard of factual accuracy.
Air pollution can cross the placenta, reach the fetus, in human pregnancies
"This is the most vulnerable period of life. All the organ systems are in development. For the protection of future generations, we have to reduce exposure."