Death by Fracking

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 19, 2015 We are committing suicide by failing to rise up in large numbers to oppose a practice that poisons our air and water, causes epidemics of cancers and other diseases, and lays a hellish hand on the ecosystem. The longer we wait for the political process to work, the more assured is our mutual destruction. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver Urges Us to Wake Up to How Big Oil Is Killing People and Destroying North Dakota

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2015 In another informative and funny segment of "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver explores what has happened to North Dakota since the start of its oil boom. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do You Live in One of the Most—or Least—Happy Places in America?

By April M. Short, AlterNet Sep 17, 2015 A new poll measures contentment around the country and the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Protecting and Serving With Taser-Armed Drones

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2015 North Dakota recently passed a bill that will allow cops to use armed drones to police the state; a writer makes the argument for showing on-air killings on the media; meanwhile, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's popularity has plummeted only a few years into his presidency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Low Oil Prices Threaten U.S. Fracking Industry

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 8, 2015 Some North Dakota companies have shut down 40 percent of their operations as plummeting oil prices render the industry far less viable than during the boom of the past five years. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why North Dakota’s Oil Boom Threatens Towns and Cities Nationwide

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2014 Using rail networks to transport crude has saved the oil and gas industry time and capital, but the trade-off is greater risk. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Did Saudi Arabia Wage an Economic War on Iran, Russia and North Dakota at the G-20?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 17, 2014 What did Saudi Arabia have to say at the recently concluded G-20 conference? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Two Extreme Anti-Abortion Amendments Bite the Dust

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2014 An abortion measure in North Dakota that had raised concern among opponents about in vitro fertilization and end-of-life care failed after being 17 points up in polls. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Abortion Wars’ Continue as Midterm Debate in North Dakota Expands to In Vitro and End-of-Life Care

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2014 Money and strategists are shaping a nationally watched campaign amid talk of in vitro fertilization and end-of-life care. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Trip to Kuwait (on the Prairie)

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Oct 13, 2014 At 9 p.m. on that August night, when I arrived for my first shift as a cocktail waitress at Whispers, one of the two strip clubs in downtown Williston, I didn’t expect a 25-year-old man to get beaten to death outside the joint. Then again, I didn’t really expect most of the things I encountered reporting on the oil boom in western North Dakota this past summer. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

A Public Bank Option for Scotland

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Sep 18, 2014 If Scotland decides to break away from the U.K., a publicly owned bank with a mandate to serve the interests of the Scottish people could help give the newly independent country true economic sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

North Dakota Promises to Turn Down the Lights

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Feb 9, 2014 Oil producers in the U.S. state of North Dakota are promising to be more environment friendly, after critics said the shale oil and gas industry there had lacked proper controls. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )