A federal judge has shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline after years of bitter protests at the site.
Tribes Celebrate Court-Ordered Shutdown of Pipeline
Category: Indigenous People
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.”
Goodbye, Columbus
The discomfort caused to elites is of no concern to anyone who wants to strike at the heart of racism. Goodbye and good riddance to Churchill, Columbus, Leopold and all of their ilk, writes Margaret Kimberley.
Was There Slavery in Australia? Yes. It Shouldn’t Even Be Up for Debate
Thalia Anthony and Stephen Gray show how the prime minister’s assertion is at odds with the historical record.
COVID-19: Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World
Agricultural workers, farmers and social movements can teach us how the food system should be reorganized during this crisis, write Vijay Prashad and Richard Pithouse.
Climate Report Warns of Huge Heat-Driven Exodus
Researchers predict that in just a few decades life in many parts of the world could become unlivable, Julia Conley reports.
COVID-19: The Mutilated World Is Moved by the Nurses and Doctors
There is no substitute, as this catastrophe unfolds, to transfer priorities from privatization to the creation of a robust public sector at the very least for health, says Vijay Prashad.
Inside the US-Backed World Uyghur Congress
Ajit Singh reports on the right-wing regime change entity that poses as a grassroots human rights network while seeking to destabilize China.
‘Tired of Holding Other Worlds in My Fist’
In the aftermath of the coup against Evo Morales, Vijay Prashad sizes up U.S.-driven “democracy protection” in Bolivia, where elections are set for May 3.
Deported to Death: US Sent 138 Salvadorans Home to be Killed
Mneesha Gellman reports on the findings of a new human rights report and the country’s history of political violence.