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Medea Benjamin: If Americans Can Sue Saudis Over 9/11, Drone Victims Should Be Able to Sue the US
New legislation would allow courts to waive claim of foreign sovereign immunity after an act of terrorism occurs within the US.
Worse Than a Slaughterhouse: 250,000 Trapped in East Aleppo Amid Devastating Bombing Campaign
The Obama administration is threatening to cut off diplomatic talks with Russia on Syria in the wake of bombings.
Things Fall Apart: An Insider’s Account of the EPA
Technically-sounding “pesticides” are destabilizing our natural world and our lives.
Trump Touts Drilling’s Potential, Botches Facts, at Shale Industry Conference
The shale gas and oil industry gathered in Pittsburgh this week for a major annual East Coast conference.
A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
A key pipeline loan is still pending, and banks can be vulnerable to public pressure.
Dahr Jamail | Our Changing World: Readers Share Their Climate Stories
Truthout readers share stories that bring home the reality of climate disruption to all of us.
The International Criminal Court Will Start Prosecuting People Who Commit Crimes Against the Environment
It's great that environmental crimes are now being considered at the highest level of global justice. But the ICC alone isn't enough.
Contractor Behind DAPL Assessment Was Working on Connecting Pipeline for the Same Company
A private firm that conducted the environmental review for the highly contentious Dakota Access pipeline was simultaneously working for Energy Transfer.
How Much More Environmental Injustice Must Uniontown, Alabama, Bear?
I have observed with sadness the harmful effects, distress, and heartache Uniontown citizens have experienced since the establishment of Arrowhead Landfill.
Freed Guantánamo Prisoner Speaks as Presidential Candidates Prepare to Debate Terrorism
Jihad Abu Wa'el Dhiab has never been charged with a crime.