Victim Blaming the Planet
A federal judge gets it wrong on the oil pipeline through the Dakotas.
Snake vomiting bottle highlights world’s plastic problem
Recent government estimates show that more than 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated in India each day, in which 6,000 tonnes go uncollected and littered.
3 police officers indicted for using excessive force and attempted cover-up
Three Indiana police officers were recently indicted on 12 counts—one of the officers is the former police chief’s son.
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump’s transgender military ban
Yet another defeat for the Trump administration.
Protesters blockade DNC party meeting, demand Democrats put workers and climate first
Climate Defiance calls on the party to get dirty fossil fuel money out of Democratic politics forever.
From ‘Demos’ to ‘Podemos’: Popular Uprisings in Greece and Spain
The future of Europe is in flux, as popular movements in Greece and Spain gain power and challenge traditional economic and political systems. The global economic crisis created enormous suffering for billions around the world, but it also created an opening.
‘A king above the law’: Supreme Court rules presidents have broad immunity from prosecution
The ruling upends more than two centuries of legal precedent, for the first time shielding U.S. presidents from criminal accountability.
Being anything but a good sport in Saudi Arabia
Even Trump has a hand in the attempted hijacking of golf.
March for Our Lives – ‘The fight for their lives’
March for Our Lives has all the pinnings of a lasting movement. If the adults just let the kids do their thing, then it just might succeed.
Red alert: The First Amendment is in danger
If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.