Idle No More: From Grassroots to Global Movement

For First Nations people, Bill C-45 introduced last fall by the Harper government represents the culmination of hundreds of years of colonial attacks on indigenous sovereignty -- a sovereignty that is fundamentally tied to the use of treaty lands.

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Guatemala's Communities in Resistance Continue to Blockade Gold Mine

A woman’s spontaneous act of civil disobedience quickly grew into a community-based, peaceful resistance movement where men, women and children have spent 24 hours a day, seven days a week for over 10 months blockading a mine.

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The Argument for Amnesty: An Immigration Policy That Works for All

What is needed is an immigration policy that will raise the living standards of all workers. Amnesty, which was the original demand of the immigrant rights movement, would do this.

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Our Climate Madness: "Like Exploding 400,000 Hiroshima Atomic Bombs Per Day"

Anyone who is 27 years old or younger has never lived through a month that was colder than the global 20th century average.

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O'Reilly Argues With Both Colin Powell and the Facts on Voter Suppression

In an interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly ignored key legal problems for photo voter ID laws and dismissed concerns of voter suppression.

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Do As We Say, Congress Says, Then Does What It Wants

Congress exempts itself from a number of laws that apply to the private sector and the executive branch.

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Can America Follow Europe's Lead on a Financial Transaction Tax?

Eleven European countries have said yes to a financial transaction tax that will bring in 10 cents on every $100. If the U.S. instituted something similar, it would raise more than $100 billion a year.

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Activist Interrupts Keystone Pipeline Conference in Texas

TransCanada's presentation of a Keystone XL case study at the Pipe Tech Americas 2013 conference in Texas was interrupted Thursday when a blockader chained himself to audio equipment and delivered a speech to 300 attendees.

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In Britain, Entrusting Healthcare to the Loan Sharks Who Ate Us

Britain is putting its public services - the vital safety net that we get in return for our taxes, like healthcare and education - in the hands of the least trustworthy and transparent investors imaginable.

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Southeastern Coal Exports: The Next Carbon Bomb

All signs are pointing to a dramatic increase of coal traffic out of Southeastern export terminals over the next decade.

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