By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsOct 18, 2016
North Dakota has dismissed riot charges issued after the Democracy Now! host reported on security guards assaulting nonviolent Dakota Access pipeline protesters in September. By filing the charges in the first place, "the state's attorney was attempting to stop journalism," Goodman said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigOct 14, 2016
A panel of federal judges has allowed construction of the controversial $3.8 billion DAPL project to proceed, but the resistance movement will not back down from the fossil-fuel industry and government authorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigOct 3, 2016
As demonstrations against the proposed oil pipeline ramp up, the federal government announced it would not evict protesters living at the camp in North Dakota. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Donald Kaufman / TruthdigOct 3, 2016
A visit to the transformational festival in California's Central Valley shows why the anti-corporate event has the potential to become a movement in the United States. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigSep 30, 2016
Peaceful protesters were met with a militarized police response in the days after the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux pleaded with the United Nations for action. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Sarah Jaffe / Moyers & CompanySep 28, 2016
For indigenous people, the fight to halt the Dakota Access pipeline is about reviving a way of life. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
By Andrea Germanos / Common DreamsSep 26, 2016
Standing Rock Sioux were "denied access to information and excluded from consultations," a United Nations special rapporteur charges. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 16, 2016
The lineup of Dakota Access pipeline investors reads like a who’s who of the world’s big banksters. Their contributions continue a ruthless American tradition of racism, fascism and corporatism toward indigenous people and their land. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 15, 2016
The Dakota Access pipeline story is critical to the fate of people and the planet. It's about climate change—and about indigenous rights conflicting with corporate and government power. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsSep 10, 2016
A federal judge denied the tribe's request for an injunction, but federal agencies issued a statement pausing construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
The presidential nominee and her running mate spent much of the week in North Dakota protesting the Dakota Access pipeline. Now they face misdemeanor charges for acts committed during the protests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
The battle against the Dakota Access pipeline is being waged as a renewed assertion of indigenous rights and sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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