Donald Kaufman / TruthdigMar 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 )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigDec 3, 2016
A Truthdig correspondent (pictured) describes a law enforcement barrage involving anti-crowd chemicals, stun grenades and water cannons that soaked marchers in subzero temperatures. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )
Staff / TruthdigDec 9, 2015
“People think we have a fracking problem,” Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund says. “It’s not. It’s a democracy problem." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 6, 2015
Just a few years ago, insiders and experts wrote us off and assured the world Keystone XL would be built by the end of 2011. Together, ranchers, tribal nations and everyday people beat this project back, reminding the world that Big Oil isn’t invincible -- and that organized people can win over organized money. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 6, 2015
UPDATED: After seven years of deliberation, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 29, 2015
The presidential contender insists she'll keep mum about where she stands on the controversial oil pipeline project until the Obama administration weighs in. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 7, 2015
He might be viewed by some as a lame duck cornered by an antagonistic Congress eager to shut him down, but President Obama is apparently still willing to flex his executive powers when it comes to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would stretch from the U.S.-Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKOct 16, 2013
A ruptured pipeline last month spilled at least 20,000 barrels of crude oil that went undetected until a local farmer stumbled across it while harvesting wheat. Now experts say the spill estimate is a weak guess, and no one knows how much oil was lost. Either way, it’s among the largest in state history -- and a troubling sign of incompetence, or worse. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 15, 2012
On Wednesday, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and other officials hailed the arrival of a new constitution, slated to go up for a referendum later this month, but the Obama administration didn't greet the news with much credulity or enthusiasm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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