We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Surveillance Tool was Used to Arrest Baltimore Protestors
For years, the social media giants have provided data to Geofeedia, a company marketing surveillance tools to police, creating real-time maps of activity in protest areas that were later used to identify and arrest protestors.
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650,000 American Children Attend School Within 1 Mile of a Fracking Site
In the nine states examined in a new report, 1,947 child care facilities, 1,376 schools, 236 nursing care providers and 103 hospitals are located within a one-mile radius of fracked wells across the U.S.
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Mortgage Fraud Goes Hollywood: Starring Hell's Cargo, Let the Homeowner Hunger Games Begin!
“We value your time. Please hold. Together we’ll go far.” How ironic. We never imagined they’d actually go this far.
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Filmmaker Arrested At Pipeline Protest Facing 45 Years In Felony Charges
Deia Schlosberg, the producer of an upcoming climate change documentary, has been slapped with three felony conspiracy charges for filming in North Dakota.
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“Do Not Resist”: The Police Militarization Documentary Everyone Should See
Filmmaker Craig Atkinson began the project three years ago in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, where images of armored cars and commando cops in the streets resonated for him on a personal level.
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People Vs Big Oil, Part I: Washington Victory Over Shell Oil Trains Signals A Turning Tide
Until 2016, the oil industry had been able to play trains and pipelines off each other – now, both are under relentless attack by indigenous people, public interest groups, environmental activists and a growing public consciousness.
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Money In Politics Confronted: National Groups Spar over South Dakota Ballot Measure
Initiative to revamp campaign finance, ethics oversight in state becomes fault line for national debate.
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Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time
Fierce battles over trade, labor rights and executive compensation will determine whether we can really narrow the gap.
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The Time Is Now for Direct Action on Climate Change
We're in an emergency, and no one in power is treating it as such. What has a chance of waking politicians of their torpor and spurring them – spurring all of us – to act with the clarity and determination the situation requires?
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After Landmark Ruling Allows Fracking In Lancashire, U.K. Gears for Direct Action Protests
“We’ve exhausted every democratic process available to us – the petitions, the planning objections, the lobbying of MPs, the public meetings," said Tina Rothery, who predicts a new wave of direct actions will follow.
