Tag: water protectors
TigerSwan, county sheriff sued over road blockade during Dakota Access Pipeline...
“This road closure was directed only at Water Protectors: residents of Fort Rice were allowed to drive southbound on Highway 1806 as were employees of DAPL.”
Water protectors take action to keep pipeline out of black and...
An encampment of protesters in Louisiana is resisting the crude oil industry, whose environmental disasters disproportionately affect the poor and people of color.
Native American water protector becomes first to be sentenced to time...
Seven Native Americans face felony charges, while hundreds of others still face lesser charges for their role in the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline.
What Standing Rock gave the world
Americans saw the Indigenous struggle—the violence, stolen resources, colluding corporations and governments—that goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth.
The bipartisan long con: Russian clickbait, Water Protectors and the movement...
In a case like this one, we have to ask an age old question. Who benefits from these poorly sourced stories that damage nascent social movements?
The pipeline protest before Standing Rock
Last year’s water protectors garnered worldwide attention, but several pipeline fights – such as the Enbridge Sandpiper pipeline victory – got little public notice.
‘Poison’ PR campaign has biased jury pool, say Dakota Access protester’s...
Success “depends 99 percent on the judge.”
Standing Rock lawsuit started a year ago. Here’s where we are...
A recent victory has sent the Army Corps of Engineers back to analyze the environmental justice effects of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Emails show Iraq war PR alums led attempt to discredit Dakota...
Emails show that extent to which Energy Transfer Partners went to hire firms to discredit the Standing Rock water protectors.
Judge’s DAPL ruling, reckless spill record pushes pipeline company’s shares below...
Spills are not the only problem.
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$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Trump delivers lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba
This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.
Omar says ICE drawdown ‘not enough’ as thousands of agents remain deployed in Minnesota
After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.