The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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These Countries are Paying the Social and Ecological Price for Global Mineral Boom
There are more than 1,500 ongoing conflicts raging over water, land, spills, pollution, ill-health, relocations, waste, land grabs, floods and falling water levels.
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NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s "Extreme Willingness to Help"
The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: AT&T.
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From Greece to Spain to Britain, Here's How National Debt Audits Are Challenging Austerity
Across Europe, debt audits are emerging as a key instrument calling austerity policies into question – from the Greek debt crisis to the Spanish Citizen Debt Audit Platform, to the LOBO loan scandal in U.K. councils.
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Ferguson Protester Faces Four Years in Jail Over Charges of Kicking SUV
Brittany Ferrell has been accused by St. Louis police of causing $5,000 damage to car she kicked as the driver forced her way through demonstrators at Michael Brown anniversary.
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Why Police Killings of Latinos Spark Less Outrage than When Victims are Black
Families of Latinos killed by police are pushing for a Brown Lives Matter movement.
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Pope's Climate Push At Oodds with U.S. Catholic Oil Investments
Some of the largest American Catholic organizations have millions of dollars invested in energy companies, from hydraulic fracturing firms to oil sands producers.
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How Movements Decide: Formal Consensus and Its Discontents
One of the main attributes of Formal Consensus is the intention to be non-adversarial – to ignore the traditional “us vs. them” paradigm that has increasingly paralyzed politics – but in many cases it hasn't worked.
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A Fireball Exploded In This Man’s Face, and Now He’s Suing The Fracking Operation
Cody Murray, his father, wife, and four-year-old daughter were all burned by a fireball after methane built up in his pump house and exploded.
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Republican Candidates Take In $62 Million from Donors Tied To Fossil Fuels
By far the greatest beneficiary of fossil fuel donations has been Ted Cruz
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Why Conservative Billionaires Have Started Talking Like Bernie Sanders
This is Kenneth Langone, the founder of Home Depot and a longtime GOP donor. His biggest fear? Income inequality.
