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Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America’s Historical Shame

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 25, 2016 If indigenous activists manage to block the building of an oil line they consider a threat to ancestral lands, their success will be one small measure of justice in a line of injustices going back to the founding of this nation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman: ‘We’re Standing Up and We’re Saying, “No More” ‘

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2016 More than 1,000 Native American activists have traveled to Sacred Stone Spirit Camp in North Dakota to stop the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. Now the fight continues in federal court in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Water Is Life, Oil Is Death: The People vs. the Bakken Pipeline in Iowa and the Dakotas

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 23, 2016 While most of the United States has been blinded by the presidential election spectacle, a grass-roots coalition has been fighting "the next Keystone XL” being pushed through—largely under the radar—by Big Carbon. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Dakota Pipeline Would Make Water the New Oil, Devastating All but the Rich

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2016 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is heading a protest by Native Americans and their allies against the newly approved line. These opponents of the project say it could lead to contamination of the Missouri River and other devastating environmental impacts. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )