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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native Americans With Dogs and Pepper Spray
The pipeline has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Did the Dakota Access Pipeline Company Deliberately Destroy Sacred Sioux Burial Sites?
As bulldozers cleared earth, hundreds of Native Americans from many different tribes rushed onto the construction site to protect the sacred site.
Is the US Public Ready for Single-Payer National Health Insurance?
Health care reform has become a top-down issue — corporate profits and oligarchy vs. democracy and the public interest.
The Link Between Uranium From the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies
The uranium used to build the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima came from the Shinkolobwe mine in the province of Katanga.
California and EPA Poised to Expand Pollution of Potential Drinking Water Reserves
A little-known program under federal environment law is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject waste into the state's aquifers.
How Lady Buggs Farm Is Bringing Healthy Food and a New Urban Landscape to the Rust Belt
“This is my hood, and this is where I grow,” says Sophia Buggs of her thriving Ohio farm.
Whatever It Takes: Another Day on the Front Lines of #NoDAPL
A total of eight Water Protectors were arrested over the course of Wednesday's direct action.
Texas Ranch Owner Battles TransCanada to Restore Her Pipeline-Scarred Land
Eleanor Fairchild, an 82-year-old grandmother who owns a 425-acre ranch outside of Winnsboro, Texas, tells about her battle with TransCanada.
Judge Denies Hepatitis C Cure for Mumia Abu-Jamal, but Finds Lack of Care in Prison Unconstitutional
A federal judge has denied a request from the former Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal for life-saving medication that could cure his hepatitis C.
Would Single-Payer National Health Insurance Break the Bank?
We have to face some inconvenient facts about our health care system, six years after enactment of the Affordable Care Act.