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Trump Touts Drilling’s Potential, Botches Facts, at Shale Industry Conference
The shale gas and oil industry gathered in Pittsburgh this week for a major annual East Coast conference.
It’s Time to Replace the Estate Tax With a Progressive Inheritance Tax
Gross concentrations of wealth, especially the inherited kind, are the death of democratic societies.
The 9/11 Families Deserve Their Day in Court Against Saudi Arabia
This week the House and Senate are expected to vote on whether to override the President's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terror Act.
A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
A key pipeline loan is still pending, and banks can be vulnerable to public pressure.
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William Rivers Pitt | A Fool’s Folly: Donny T’s Big Bad Night
What happened at Hofstra will be remembered far more for the spectacle than the substance.
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In Search of Healing in Afghanistan
This was not a typical festive “first world” outing, as its need and idea arose not from leisure, but from trauma.
Libyans Who Once Opposed Gaddafi Now Regret US-Led Regime Change
Who actually benefits from American-led wars across the globe?
Dahr Jamail | Our Changing World: Readers Share Their Climate Stories
Truthout readers share stories that bring home the reality of climate disruption to all of us.
The International Criminal Court Will Start Prosecuting People Who Commit Crimes Against the Environment
It's great that environmental crimes are now being considered at the highest level of global justice. But the ICC alone isn't enough.
Contractor Behind DAPL Assessment Was Working on Connecting Pipeline for the Same Company
A private firm that conducted the environmental review for the highly contentious Dakota Access pipeline was simultaneously working for Energy Transfer.