Jake Johnson / Common DreamsDec 12, 2018
Activists warn that placing a champion of Big Coal atop a crucial energy committee is "at odds with any plans for real climate action." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Erika Howsare / LARBOct 26, 2018
Based on years of immersive reporting, Eliza Griswold’s “Amity and Prosperity” follows the legal battle that ensued when a single frack site began to affect three neighboring families. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM / The Associated PressOct 5, 2018
The announcements by Sens. Susan Collins and Joe Manchin are expected to deal a fatal blow to the opposition, but Democrats are still pressing the fight. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Ken Ward Jr. and Kate Mishkin / ProPublicaOct 4, 2018
A federal appeals court has revoked a key approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Now, state regulators are working to change the rules—again—so the project can proceed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Ken Ward Jr. / ProPublicaSep 28, 2018
Murray Energy, one of the nation’s largest coal producers, is paying for lawyers trying to block natural gas plants that would support a growing industry. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
JONATHAN DREW / The Associated PressSep 10, 2018
The Category 4 hurricane is packing winds up to 130 mph and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
JESSICA GRESKO and WAYNE PARRY / The Associated PressMay 14, 2018
Despite opposition from the major sports leagues and the administration, the Supreme Court strikes down a law barring betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
ALAN FRAM / The Associated PressMay 8, 2018
Legislators from both parties point the finger at distributors who missed signs of suspicious activity that resulted in millions of prescription pills being shipped to West Virginia, a state ravaged by opioid deaths. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY / The Associated PressMay 7, 2018
With the midterm elections approaching, the Department of Homeland Security says it has completed on-site risk assessments of election systems in just nine of 17 states. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
MELISSA DANIELS and TERRY TANG / The Associated PressMay 4, 2018
The state's educators win a 20-percent pay raise by 2020 after a walkout that was part of a bubbling national uprising over low pay and school funding. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
MELISSA DANIELS / The Associated PressApr 26, 2018
The walkouts are the climax of an uprising that began weeks ago with a grass-roots movement that spread from West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Steve Fraser / TomDispatchApr 18, 2018
The teacher strikes, rallies and walkouts in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and elsewhere are a stunning reminder that socioeconomic class has always mattered in our public and private lives. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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