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Why We Are Singing for Water at Standing Rock, in Front of Men With Guns and Surveillance Helicopters
“We were water beings from the beginning. The river was our Grandmother and supplied everything we needed to survive,” writes Linda Hogan.
Is Indigenous People’s Day the Answer?
The United States promotes a culture of historical erasure by highlighting the legacy of Christopher Columbus.
Dahr Jamail | Record Heating of Earth’s Oceans Is Driving Uptick in Hurricanes
Increasingly warm ocean temperatures around the globe are causing record-breaking rainfall events.
Upsetting Billionaires at Standing Rock
The Native Organizers Alliance and tribal leaders are developing strategies to counter the economic elites behind the Dakota Access pipeline.
A Nigerian Superhighway Project Threatens a Critical Rainforest and Its People
Indigenous Ekuri fight to protect ancestral forests amid push for development.
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How “Risk Assessment” Tools Are Condemning People to Indefinite Imprisonment
Risk assessment tools used to evaluate prisoners are no more fair and free of bias than the societies that created them.
Vilification and Revenge Are Key to Trump’s Personal Values
“My motto is: Always get even. When someone screws you, get them back in spades.”
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Meet Gary Johnson’s Koch-Network Money Men
Johnson's supporters are leading enemies of the environment and public education.
Students of Military’s “School of the Americas” Successor Can Remain Secret, Appeals Court Rules
The Georgia-based facility has long trained dictators and death-squad leaders.
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The Magnificence and Fragility of Trans Bodies
Even if the larger public does not worry about or account for trans people's deaths, the trans community holds these losses.