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In Canada, Fossil Fuel Industry Funds Discord Among Native Groups

Geoff Dembicki / DeSmog Mar 13, 2024 Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Unconditional Love for Israel, Silence for Palestine

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Antiwar.com Apr 23, 2018 As Americans focus on everything Trumpian, Palestinians die (or are killed) as a matter of course in Gaza. And, once again, the U.S. is complicit. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

God’s Red Son

Alexis Camins / Truthdig Dec 30, 2017 On the 127th anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee, a new book travels back to the turn of the 19th century, when fake news, land grabs and institutionalized racism were growing roots. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Lesson on Slavery for White America

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 22, 2017 The more we know and understand our racist past, the more we can change history for the better—in the present and future. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Canada’s Indigenous Peoples Weigh In on Global Warming at COP22

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 24, 2016 At the conference on climate change in Marrakech, Morocco, Kevin Hart, the Assembly of First Nations regional chief for Manitoba, discusses humanity's urgent need to heed the ecological wisdom of indigenous peoples. 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 )