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 )

Judge Orders Review of DAPL Permits in a Win for ‘Water Protectors’

By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jun 15, 2017 A federal judge deems safety evaluations of the Dakota Access pipeline insufficient and orders the Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider its analysis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Military-Style Counterterrorism Measures Were Used Against DAPL Protesters, Leaked Documents Show

BLANK May 30, 2017 The Intercept reports that a private security firm employed by Energy Transfer Partners worked with local police to suppress opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bears Ears National Monument Is the Next Standing Rock

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 26, 2017 In attempting to revoke protections for the Utah site, President Trump is furthering settler colonialism of a land inhabited by indigenous people. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

First Dakota Access Pipeline Spill Is Reported

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams May 12, 2017 Activists worry that the spill, which did not threaten waterways, is just the first of others to come. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

After #NoDAPL, ‘Water Protector’ Movement Continues With Resistance Camps Across the U.S. (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 22, 2017 Native American activist Raymond Kingfisher talks about the work ahead. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Water Protectors’ Have a Hard Time Escaping the Anger of Some Locals (Video)

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Mar 2, 2017 With passions running high in North Dakota, a small group of Native Americans and their supporters find themselves targets in a restaurant, and a woman is struck by an infuriated, yelling man. With passions running high in North Dakota, a small group of Native Americans and their supporters find themselves targets in a restaurant, and a woman is struck by an infuriated, yelling man. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

#NoDAPL Live Blog: Standing Rock Activists Take Their Cause to Hollywood

Emma Niles / Truthdig Feb 27, 2017 Hollywood was the center of global attention this weekend—a detail not lost on "water protectors" and supporters of the #NoDAPL cause. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Questioning Local Media Coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2017 Reporter Jordan Chariton appears on a North Dakota news show to set the record straight about what’s happening at #NoDAPL camps. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Water Protectors at Standing Rock

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Politics

This Could be the Last Stand for Activists Opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Feb 21, 2017 The water protectors in North Dakota realize they may lose the #NoDAPL fight. But their resistance to an oil pipeline has sparked a movement that could lead to something invaluable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )