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New Report Details How Coal Plants Are Polluting Water and Getting Away With It
91% of U.S. coal-fired plants have ash landfills or waste ponds that leak toxic chemicals into surrounding groundwater.
If DeSantis Wins 2024 Primary, It’s the Trump Nightmare With a Different Name
Ron DeSantis isn't “moderate.” His anti-abortion policies are extreme.
Rent Is Too Damned High: US Tenants Mobilize to Demand Rent Controls
Tenants nationwide are organizing to win affordable housing, limit rental fees and protect their homes and communities.
Poor People’s Campaign Mobilizing Low-Income Voters Ahead of Georgia Runoff
“It ain't over yet, and every vote must be cast to count,” said the group.
Experts Say Judge Cannon’s Pro-Trump Order Is Doomed After “Hostile” Hearing
“I don't think I've ever heard an oral argument go worse for a litigant.”
As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock.
Ticketmaster Has Driven Swifties Into the Anti-Monopoly Movement
Taylor Swift fans are calling to break up the company’s live events monopoly.
The Violence Queer and Trans People Face Is State-Sanctioned
The Colorado Springs shooting targeting an LGBTQIA+ club was stoked by the white supremacist, Christian-fascist right.
We Are Running Out of Time to Use Failing Strategies Against the Climate Crisis
Author Peter Gelderloos describes the limits of governmental and market solutions and argues for bottom-up insurgency.
Thanksgiving Can Never Be Redeemed From Its Colonial Past. Let’s Abolish It.
The work of decolonization means refusing the banal evil of Thanksgiving.