Sunday, August 23, 2026

Tag: Indigenous rightsIndigenous People

A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people

Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.

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The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building in Washington, headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management. Photo: ajay_suresh / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On September 2, federal layoff appeals move from the Merit Systems Protection Board to...

Ninety-nine percent of the 1,252 public comments opposed the change, and employees will no longer be able to take a final decision to federal court.
The village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Photo: יעקב / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers

Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in Ohio, traveled to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives defend their family home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.
The west front of the United States Capitol. Photo: Noclip (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year

How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
A Google data center outside Council Bluffs, Iowa. Photo: Chad Davis / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center near their home, new polling finds

Opposition has swung 33 points in a year as utility bills climb, and more than 530 counties and towns have restricted or banned the facilities.
A World Food Programme distribution in East Africa, implemented by Oxfam. Photo: Oxfam East Africa / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

World Hunger and Starvation Have Reached a Crisis Level

The Trump administration has tried to eliminate all U.S. food assistance.