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Climate Denier Scott Pruitt Faces Protests at Senate Hearing as 2016 Is Declared Hottest Year Ever
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testified in front of the Senate Wednesday.
Two Laws to Be Repealed, but Are the Replacements Strong?
The Trump administration will need a strong replacement for the Dodd-Frank Act and Obamacare.
Battle Against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Threatens to Become the Standing Rock of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin
If the Dakota Access pipeline is completed, the last stretch of the route will be the Bayou Bridge pipeline.
Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence for Puerto Rican Independence Activist
Oscar Lu00f3pez Rivera's brother Josu00e9 and Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzu00e1lez discuss the recent commutation of Rivera's sentence.
The Fatal Flaws of Any Post-ACA Republican Replacement Plan
We already know a lot about what to expect in the final Republican post-ACA replacement plan.
Atlantic Ocean Current Could Collapse Within 300 Years
Weather patterns across the globe will be affected if climate change collapses a major oceanic conveyor belt current.
Trump Billionaires Have Poured Millions Into Climate Science Denial
Until now, the Mercer family's funding of climate science denial groups has gone relatively unnoticed.
More Lockdowns, Arrests as Indigenous-Led Direct Action Campaign Continues in West Texas
The actions are part of an Indigenous-led rolling nonviolent direct action campaign in West Texas.
The Rights of Nature: Indigenous Philosophies Reframing Law
In Ecuador, Bolivia and New Zealand, indigenous activism has helped spur the creation of a novel legal phenomenon — the idea that nature itself can have rights.
On Martin Luther King Day: Revolutionary Love in an Era of Trump
A fresh generation in the US has become activated to resist the administration of Donald Trump.