Corrupt State Senator Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
“The crimes that you committed have resulted in essentially an attack on democratic institutions." Former state senator Leland Yee was sentenced to five years in prison.
Eric Holder: It’s Time To Talk About Decriminalizing Marijuana
“You know, we treat marijuana in the same way that we treat heroin now, and that clearly is not appropriate.”
An Open Letter to the People of West Papua
“We have recently been discussing your ongoing courageous struggle to liberate yourselves from more than 100 years of occupation, first by the Netherlands, briefly and brutally by Japan during World War II, and now by Indonesia.”
German Beer Industry in Shock over Glyphosate Contamination
The German Brewers’ Association admitted that low residues of the probable human carcinogen glyphosate could not be prevented, because “the herbicide is now found virtually everywhere after decades of use in agriculture”.
New WikiLeaks Intercepts Show More NSA Spying on European Allies and the UN
Julian Assange is no doubt, like all of us, flawed, but he has also been the victim of a mainstream press that is either in the pocket of powerful interests or jealous of WikiLeaks’ success.
Republican Lawmakers In Utah Just Voted To Repeal The Death Penalty
"Government shouldn’t be in the business of killing. It’s not our place."
Bankruptcy Filing Shows Arch Coal Funding for Climate Denial Group
The Energy & Environment Legal Institute's tactics amount to the harassment of climate scientists.
Turning American Communities Into War Zones, Death By Death
When it comes to people of color, the police make San Francisco “Baghdad by the bay.”
Can This Entrepreneur Save Flint From a Plastic Bottle Crisis?
David Antelo says his reverse osmosis machines can provide clean water to the lead-plagued city without the landfill waste.
How Does Fracking Affects Humans? Cases in Pennsylvania Proceed
Not only is water being potentially contaminated by fracking in Pennsylvania but oil companies are aggressively seizing land for a fracking pipeline that might not even be built.