America's Worst Idea
Submitted by Mark Fiore on Thu, 08/25/2016 - 9:38amMark FioreAs we mark the 100-year anniversary of the National Park Service, there is a lot of talk of our parks being “America’s best idea.” If the...
View ArticleFighting Back in Indian Country
Submitted by Mark Anthony Rolo on Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:54amMark Anthony RoloLogo from http://rezpectourwater.com/While American Indian tribes continue to be plagued with poverty and all the health and...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: New Orleans After Katrina
Submitted by Ashana Bigard on Mon, 08/29/2016 - 3:32pmAshana BigardIllustration by Brian HubbleOn this eleventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina landing in New Orleans we share a personal account of...
View ArticleNuclear’s Last Stand? New York’s Cuomo Rushes in to Save Dying Plants
Submitted by Harvey Wasserman on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 12:01pmHarvey WassermanImage by GuenterRuoppNew York’s “liberal” Governor Andrew Cuomo is trying to ram through a complex backdoor bailout package...
View ArticlePipeline Injustice: Standing Rock Ruling a Bag of Cheap Tricks
Submitted by Frances Madeson on Mon, 09/12/2016 - 3:13pmFrances MadesonCartoon by Ricardo Cate’On Friday, September 9, D.C. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg denied the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s...
View ArticleClimate 21 Kids Put the Planet on the Docket
Submitted by Stacy Bannerman on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 6:43pmStacy BannermanPlaintiff Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana outside the hearing at Federal Court in Eugene yesterday. Photography by Robin Loznak....
View ArticleThe Downside of Bottled Water
Submitted by Elisa Ringholm on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 9:26amElisa RingholmImage by Quinn DombrowskiBottled water may provide necessary relief in the wake of a crisis like the devastating Louisiana floods or...
View ArticleHow Nuclear Power Causes Global Warming
Submitted by Harvey Wasserman on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 9:35amHarvey WassermanNuclear power protest in Derby, UK, IndymediaSupporters of nuclear power like to argue that nukes are the key to combatting...
View ArticleHow Safe is the Nation's Drinking Water?
Submitted by John Peacock on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 11:38amJohn PeacockFlint Water Plant, Ben GordonMembers of the congressional progressive caucus have recently written to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan,...
View ArticleSaving Point Molate—Again
Submitted by David Helvarg on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 8:52amDavid HelvargPhoto by TJ GehlingSoon after I moved to Richmond, California, nine years ago, I was told, “It’s the most beautiful part of the Bay...
View ArticleIn the Eye of the Storm: Media Silence
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Fri, 10/07/2016 - 2:30pmMrill IngramHurricane photo courtesy of NASA“Major Menace” shouts the Tampa Bay Times. “It’s Here” heralds the Orlando Sentinel. Matt-Whew!” crows...
View ArticleFrom the Magazine: My Tribe's Stand Against Corporate Mining
Submitted by Mark Anthony Rolo on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 8:34amMark Anthony RoloAt the start of the second week of April 2014, more than a foot of fresh snow blanketed the Bad River Chippewa Reservation of...
View ArticleFrom the Magazine: Standing Rock Says No to the Dakota Access Pipeline
Submitted by Emma Cassidy and Sunshine Velasco on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 9:38amEmma Cassidy and Sunshine VelascoIn North Dakota, thousands of people from native nations around North America have gathered...
View ArticleWhat’s at Stake at Standing Rock
Submitted by Rebecca Kemble on Wed, 11/23/2016 - 9:37amRebecca Kemble“If something isn't done, someone will die,” said Wayne Wilansky, father of Sophia Wilansky, a twenty-one-year old woman who...
View ArticlePipeline Protector
Submitted by Mark Fiore on Thu, 12/01/2016 - 9:44amMark FioreWhere to begin with the Dakota Access Pipeline? The rubber bullets? The sound cannons? The attacking dogs? The tribal sovereignty, or lack...
View ArticleAfter the Standing Rock Victory, What Next for Water Protectors?
Submitted by Andy Pearson on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:36amAndy PearsonImage by Paulette MooreOn Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to...
View ArticleWe Knew It Was Going to Be Bad But...Look Who Trump Chose to Head the EPA
Submitted by David Helvarg on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 8:30pmDavid HelvargAttorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, Trump's pick to head the US EPA, speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action...
View ArticleAIM Co-Founder Talks about Forgiveness, Nonviolence, and What Comes After...
Submitted by Dennis J. Bernstein on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 9:46pmDennis J. BernsteinMount Rushmore under constructionOn Monday, December 5, Native Americans at Standing Rock conducted a sacred forgiveness...
View ArticleAgent Orange—Its Legacy Endures
Submitted by Norman Stockwell on Fri, 12/09/2016 - 10:08amNorman StockwellOperation "Ranch Hand, 1962 to 1971, Vietnam. Photo USAF.Forty years ago, on December 10, 1976, the United Nations General...
View ArticleReflections from the Center of the Universe
Submitted by Mrill Ingram on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 10:36amMrill IngramMrill Ingram (l), Jeffrey Ingram, and John Weisheit (at the oars) taking in a view from the Green River, Utah.. Photos by Tom MartinIn...
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