By Keith Brower Brown EDITOR’S NOTE: On November 20, UAW ratified new contracts at Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. The six-week UAW simultaneous “Stand Up Strike” won substantial gains such as cost of living adjustment,…
By Ellen Isaacs At least 75,000 marched in New York City on September 17, quite impressive, inspiring to be a part of. As compared to previous marches, last seen pre-Covid, there were more people of…
The media aren’t telling the whole story By Jonathan Cook The reality of the West’s trademark current foreign policy – marketed for the past two decades under the principle of a “Responsibility to Protect” –…
By Linda McQuaig With outright climate denialism largely behind us, we keep moving on through more sophisticated stages of climate inaction. Currently, even as large swaths of North America became engulfed in wildfire smoke, we…
Duke University didn’t inform public about lead in Durham parks By: Lisa Sorg Soil at three Durham parks—Walltown, East End and East Durham (and presumably a fourth, Lyon Park)—contain levels of lead as much as…
By Lisa Sorg The House overrode Gov. Cooper’s veto of the Farm Act today, stripping 2.5 million acres of wetlands—an area one and half times larger than the state of Delaware—of environmental protection. The vote…
Commentary by Tapti Sen I am from a disappearing nation. My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming submerged partially or completely by rising sea levels caused by climate change in the…
Commentary by George Monbiot Round the cycle turns. As millions are driven from their homes by climate disasters, the extreme right exploits their misery to extend its reach. As the extreme right gains power, climate…
Land Defenders Arrested, Camp Raided After Blocking Excavator Ox Sam Camp press release OROVADA, NV — On June 6, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block construction…
By Tik Root As the torrent of rain slowed, then faded, the Vermont Green FC surged. The team had already turned a one-goal deficit into a 5-3 lead over AC Connecticut when, in the waning…