As our empire implodes, and with it social cohesion, we must face what is happening — not only around us— but within us.
Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair
Category: Environment
American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation
According to some estimates, Indigenous and rural communities protect up to 80 percent of global biodiversity, but receive little benefit in return, writes Prakash Kashwan.
ELECTION 2020: Biden Vows to Continue Fracking
In response to a claim by Trump, the Democratic presidential nominee assured a crowd in Pennsylvania that he will not do away with the practice.
Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works
Those, like environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable find the institutions of power unite to crucify them.
CEOs Now Make 320 Times More Than Typical Worker
The Economic Policy Institute finds that growth in CEO compensation far outstripped that of the stock market.
Chris Hedges: America’s Death March
Regardless of the outcome, the U.S. election will not stop the rise of hyper-nationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire’s terminal decline, writes Chris Hedges.
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Galveston’s BioLab Amid Global Warming’ — Oct. 2, 2017
As the U.S. hurricane season begins in the midst of a pandemic, we republish this article about a Bio-Safety Level 4 lab built on sand and seashells in a major storm zone while containing the world’s most dangerous microbes.
Tribes Celebrate Court-Ordered Shutdown of Pipeline
A federal judge has shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline after years of bitter protests at the site.
UPRISING: Cheyenne River Sioux Chair Offers to Rip Down Mount Rushmore
Ahead of Trump’s planned visit on Friday, Harold Frazier decried the iconic South Dakota mountain carving as a monument to “our molesters.”
Why the Lesser-Evil Argument for Biden Sounds Hollow
It is evident that neither candidate is actually going to do anything substantive to save us from ecological catastrophe, writes Jonathan Cook.