The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Standing Rock Protesters Refuse to Budge As Pressure On Obama Administration Builds
Snow is slowing covering the encampment at Standing Rock, and despite an "emergency evacuation order" issued this week by North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters aren't leaving.
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Pipeline Protesters Vow to Stay Camped on Federal Land
Standing Rock Sioux tribal leader Dave Archambault confidently explained that they'll stay at the Oceti Sakowin camp and continue with nonviolent protests despite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' threat to close the camp on Dec. 5.
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Police Deploy Water Hoses, Tear Gas Against Standing Rock Protesters
Law enforcement officials deployed water hoses in freezing temperatures Sunday against hundreds of protesters decrying the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
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U.S. Army Corps Halts Dakota Access Pipeline, Pending Review
The Obama administration has refused a final permit for the Missouri River crossing, answering the Standing Rock tribe's call to protect its drinking water.
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How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline?
They’ve already tried intimidation and humiliation, and the number of arrests are increasing. The latest tactic is to toss around the word “riot” as if saying it often enough will change its definition.
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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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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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Occupy Is Everywhere
The return of encampments as a tactic is telling us something, if we’d care to listen.
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Women Who Stop Oil: Female Leadership Crucial At Dakota Pipeline Protests
Women are leading the battle against the Black Snake, the latest in fast-tracked fossil fuel pipeline projects attempting to carry crude oil across the U.S.
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AFL-CIO to Planet Earth: Drop Dead
In sharp contrast to Richard Trumka and the AFL-CIO, some unions really want to restrain climate change and are now vocally opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
