BLM, Get Your Hands Off Calf Creek Falls
Calf Creek Recreation Area is one of the crown jewels of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah. Its tall waterfalls deep in a canyon of cream sandstone feed emerald pools in a...
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In our deeply unequal world, the garbage rises ever higher
On Everest and elsewhere, the rich are creating waste. Sam Pizzigati January 3, 2024 Read the full article here Nation of Change
The Dubious, Racially Charged Flood Project Biden Is Resurrecting in Mississippi
Congress approved the construction of the Yazoo Pumps more than 80 years ago. They might finally be built—and disproportionately benefit white landowners. Nick Schwellenbach January 5, 2024 Read the full article here The New...
WE ARE A NATION
When I was a child, my grandmother, Maggie, always called the United States (US), the ‘enemy.’ She was the one who taught me who I was as Oglala Tituwan Oceti Sakowin (AKA Sioux), and...
It’s Time to Choose: Democracy, or Billionaires?
The only way to steer American democracy to safety is to wrest money out of the claws of the wealthiest elites, who now control finances rivaling the economies of whole nations. Sonali Kolhatkar December...
Echoes of Dostoevsky: An Appeal Against Alabama’s Deadly Experiment
As we prepare to usher in 2024, the outlook on Alabama’s administration of the death penalty holds many terrible knowns, and an even greater number of grim unknowns. Stephen Cooper December 29, 2023 Read...
We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created
Capitalism is killing us. That’s the unequivocal message of a new book, Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It by Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar. The authors...
Why The Number of People Dying in U.S. Prisons is Unknown
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice released a new report assessing deaths in federal prisons. The report responds to the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA) of 2013, requiring the tracking of deaths in custody. Among...
Attorney says video disputes charges that farmworker caused officer’s fatal heart attack
A Guatemalan teen is charged in the death of a Florida sheriff’s sergeant, but his attorney says video shows the officer made an illegal stop and search and used excessive force. Suzanne Gamboa December...
Nationalize Greyhound
A publicly owned intercity bus service with dedicated highway lanes could do for travelers what the US Postal Service does for letters and packages: let them criss-cross the country cheaply and quickly at their...