Democrats Are Ready to Blow Up the Party to Stop Sanders

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Feb 27, 2020 Superdelegates are openly plotting to deny Bernie Sanders the nomination. If they succeed, they risk reelecting Donald Trump and worse. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

GOP Governors Grapple With Whether to Accept Refugees

GRANT SCHULTE and JULIE WATSON / The Associated Press Dec 22, 2019 After a Trump executive order they are caught between immigration hardliners and Christian evangelicals who believe in helping migrants. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

More ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Bans Advancing in South, Midwest

RUSS BYNUM / The Associated Press May 12, 2019 State governments are on a course to virtually eliminate abortion access in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio and Kentucky. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Are Already Taking a Steep Toll

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Dec 28, 2018 An exhaustive New York Times report finds that the administration's industry-friendly policies have impacted communities nationwide. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders: Billionaires Are Destroying the Fabric of Our Country

Paul Jay / The Real News Network Dec 7, 2018 In a revealing new interview, the Vermont senator says we are ignoring runaway income inequality at our grave peril. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The GOP’s Power Grabs Expose an Increasingly Desperate Party

Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Dec 5, 2018 After a blue wave election, Republicans have seen their majorities in state and federal government dissolve. Now they're throwing a fit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Standing Rock Activists Face Harsh Prison Sentences

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jul 13, 2018 Two years after the media left, hundreds of "water protectors" who participated in protests over the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota struggle to rebuild their lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Demise of Dinosaurs May Serve as a Guide for Today

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 17, 2018 A celestial traffic accident 65 million years ago might provide a lesson about the climate damage now being done by humanity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saving What’s Left of Paradise

Eleanor Goldfield / Truthdig Apr 2, 2018 In Louisiana, misdeeds by the oil and gas pipeline industries have fired up people dedicated to monitoring the situation—and they could use some help. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Tribes Deepen Commitment to Protect Homelands From Oil Pipelines

Sarah Sunshine Manning / Truthdig Nov 22, 2017 The Keystone spill in South Dakota and approval for the Keystone XL in Nebraska have galvanized indigenous people and their allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Public Ownership Could Revive Community Banks

Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Oct 30, 2017 Establishing public banks can help stop acquisition by megabanks and keep credit flowing in local economies. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Pipeline Opponents Celebrate Victories in North Dakota, Canada

Emma Niles / Truthdig Oct 5, 2017 Dakota Access pipeline protesters are seeing the charges against them dropped, while activists in Canada celebrate the abandonment of a large pipeline project. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )