Environment

Longshore workers on the Columbia River caught everyone's attention three weeks ago when they blocked a move by a multinational grain consortium that threatened their union and their jobs. …

Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, March 12, 2011. (Photo: Sue Peacock) It is curious that the American Right, which waxes nostalgic for the happier days of the 1950s …

Today, postal workers and their supporters are holding events across the country to press their demand for repealing the benefit-funding mandate and push back against calls for their workplace …

Last time on Ladydrawers, MariNaomi and Anne Elizabeth Moore looked at around 30 of the most recent books from some of the biggest comic-book makers in the US to …

Gen. Stanley McChrystal describes his strategy going forward in Afghanistan after President Barack Obama announced he will increase the US troop presence by 30,000 beginning in early 2010. (Photo: …

Dr. Margaret Flowers, a core organizer of the October2011.org Movement. (Photo: Bill Hughes) No sooner did President Obama take office than the first cracks in the wall …

Washington DC – According to Voltaire, the Roman Empire fell “because all things fall.” It is hard to argue with this as a general statement about decline: nothing lasts …

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Sunday granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a …

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Niagara Falls, New York - With an end to New York's statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing in sight, residents of Niagara Falls were alarmed to learn that wastewater from …