| Lakota Lead Native Americans, Ranchers and Farmers in Fight Against Dakota Access Pipeline Jason Coppola, Truthout: Members of the Lakota Nation are leading the fight to protect water for future generations, standing in protest and prayer in the face of the police, private security personnel and building crews assigned to facilitate the creation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Read the Article A Modest Proposal for Solving Pentagon Control and Bloat: Tax Transparency Barbara G. Ellis, Truthout: The Pentagon is the only federal department to blatantly defy audit laws -- claiming its operations are too vast, complex and secret. If only our tax returns could be tweaked to show just how much goes toward bloat and endless wars to seize global resources. Read the Article Trump Trade Position Is Opposite of What People Think It Is Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: Trump is, after all, the Republican candidate. He is, after all, a businessman. He has, after all, openly expressed his wish to bring American wages down in the past and even voiced his plan to pit states against each other to accomplish that. Read the Article Criminalizing Solidarity: Syriza's War on the Movements Theodoros Karyotis, ROAR Magazine: In a well-orchestrated police operation, hundreds of people were detained in Thessaloniki. Seventy-four people of more than a dozen different nationalities, were taken into police custody. Solidarity in Greece is now criminalized, declared contrary to the interests of the state. Read the Article The Color of Pollution: How Environmental Contamination Targets People of Color Larry Buhl, DeSmogBlog: With the growing body of research into which communities bear the burden of fracking waste and other contaminants, the concept of environmental justice is finally expanding beyond environmental lawyers, advocates and front line activists. Read the Article Are Human Rights Treaties a "Reputational Umbrella" for Foreign Investment? Ana Carolina Garriga, openDemocracy: When countries commit to international human rights regimes, does this affect the amount of foreign investment they receive? In many cases, treaties provide reputational cover for investors -- especially when actual human rights practices do not match international commitments. Read the Article Thousands Moving Money to Black-Owned Banks Zenobia Jeffries, YES! Magazine: Over the past several weeks, the movement to #BankBlack has grown, partly in response to the recent police shootings of Black men and boys. Celebrities have spotlighted the movement, calling for a focus on rebuilding Black communities, dollar by dollar. Read the Article Land Grabs Continue to Destroy Uganda's Forests Nangayi Guyson, Earth Island Journal: Uganda is considered one of the most beautiful countries in the African continent because of its diverse ecosystems, but its forests have been under severe pressure from the expansion of agricultural land, increasing demand for charcoal and fuel, unchecked logging and weak enforcement of forest protection laws. Read the Article |
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