Emma Niles / TruthdigFeb 1, 2017
Indigenous leaders call for water protectors to return to North Dakota in light of new developments. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJan 27, 2017
The Trump administration has made a significant move, but activists fighting the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects are ready to push back. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 26, 2017
Upon reviving construction of the oil pipeline project this week, President Trump's administration claimed it would create 28,000 jobs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Lauren McCauley / Common DreamsJan 24, 2017
The president signed executive orders Tuesday advancing the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 23, 2016
For starters, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership, fracking and "massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and social welfare programs of all kinds," writes Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Chip Ward / TomDispatchSep 23, 2016
That classic American narrative is back big time, only the Indians are now the good guys and the cowboys are on a warpath, trying to grab 640 million acres of public lands that they can plunder as if it were yesteryear. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigAug 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 )
Paul Street / TruthdigAug 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 )
Staff / TruthdigAug 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 )
By Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanAug 18, 2016
A report just published in the British medical journal The Lancet suggests that by the year 2085, almost all of the cities that could host the Summer Games will be too hot for outdoor events. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 13, 2016
It took seven years of organizing to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from being built up and down the U.S. -- and now a new mega-pipeline “has quietly received full regulatory permission to begin construction." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigFeb 9, 2016
On the presidential campaign trail, the candidate has been hailing Obamacare and the Dodd-Frank Act, a measure aimed at Wall Street corruption. Yet she has infused her staff with former lobbyists and consultants who did all they could to block the two reforms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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