Truthout
Environment
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Fracking Boom Expands Near Chaco Canyon, Threatens Navajo Ancestral Lands and People
The oil and gas fracking industry is rapidly expanding in northwestern New Mexico.
Dahr Jamail | Mourning Our Planet: Climate Scientists Share Their Grieving Process
Climate scientists share their rage, fears and hopes over the damage being done to our world.
Fighting Extremism With Schools, Not Guns
After a bloody rampage by the Taliban that killed school children, the Citizens Foundation has pledged to build 141 schools.
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Global Blackness
There has been an outpouring of global solidarity for the Black movement in the US by Black people in other countries.
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Obama Tips His Hat to FDR
He has nothing to fear.
The 1% Are Bad for Your Health – It’s Time to Tax Them More
Inequality has reached staggering levels.
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Haitians Worry World Bank-Assisted Mining Law Could Result in “Looting“
Civil society groups are worried that the Haitian president may move to unilaterally put in place a contentious revision to the country's decades-old mining law.
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Roads and Bridges Need $1 Trillion. It Is Time to Rebuild the US
“My legislation puts 13 million people to work repairing the backlog of infrastructure projects all across this country.”
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Is John Boehner a Traitor?
By inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to speak to Congress, Speaker Boehner may have broken any number of laws, and the Department of Justice needs to investigate.
College Catastrophic Flooding Is Mitigated by Biodiversity, Says New Study Led by Bard College Biology Professor
Ecologists have hypothesized for 30 years that biodiversity could reduce the negative effects of extreme weather events.