Doctors Sound the Alarm on Climate Emergency

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Jan 19, 2020 “The fossil fuel industry is driving the climate crisis and is responsible for a public health emergency,” says Dr. Will Stableforth of the RCP. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Starbucks Drama Proves (Again) the Reactionaries Will Be Televised

Teodrose Fikre / Truthdig Apr 21, 2018 Injustice hunting has become the new favorite pastime of Americans instead of addressing the problems at their roots. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How to Reel In the U.S. War Machine

Medea Benjamin / Truthdig Feb 5, 2018 As Congress feeds the merchants of death, the people must divest and eat away at the profits of those who make a killing on killing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Seattle City Council Committee Votes to Divest From Pro-DAPL Bank

Emma Niles / Truthdig Feb 2, 2017 The groundbreaking vote comes one day after the Army Corps of Engineers is ordered to continue the easement process for the Dakota Access pipeline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Investors Wave Goodbye to Palm Oil Dollars

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jan 4, 2017 A major US financial firm has begun to divest from plantations that produce an oil widely used in processed foods -- and it hopes others will follow financial firm has begun to divest from plantations that produce an oil widely used in processed foods—and it hopes others will follow. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Union Support for Palestinian Rights Could Be a Game Changer

By Stanley Heller Nov 5, 2015 Connecticut’s AFL-CIO has endorsed a resolution to support a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel -- a move designed to put pressure on the national leadership of the union coalition to follow suit. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Naomi Klein: We Can Have Climate Salvation and Economic Justice

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2015 Activist Naomi Klein talks with “Democracy Now!” about the Leap Manifesto, a plan to transition away from fossil fuels to a 100 percent clean economy by the middle of the century. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why I Support the BDS Movement Against Israel

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 27, 2015 To bring justice to Palestine, there are no mechanisms left except BDS — boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pension Funds Are Endangered by Plummeting Coal Prices

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 15, 2015 The retirement funds of millions of teachers, public sector workers, health care workers and academics are in jeopardy as the price of coal drops and a global campaign to divest from businesses that deal in the fuel gains steam. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )