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U.S. policy has perpetuated the crisis and atrocities of the Israeli occupation by unconditionally supporting Israel in three distinct ways: militarily, diplomatically and politically.

Twisting, fudging and danger in the media world

In 1978 body snatchers really did dig up and try to ransom the corpse of the legendary actor Charlie Chaplin shortly after his death. 'Stealing Chaplin' uses this fact-based bit of skullduggery as a mere launching pad for its fact-free comedy.

Kandist Mallett argues, "Our pre-pandemic lives are not sustainable. They weren’t good for our health or this planet. Let’s evolve past capitalism, past working our lives away, past destroying the planet for profit’s sake."

When “sustainability” includes social justice, most US chicken gets a failing grade.

The artwork, commissioned by my old boss Billy Steinberg, is a reminder that there’s an alternative to today’s brutal agribusiness.

A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.

Neoliberal counterinsurgency, an extreme form of waging repression through private means and for private interests, is subtler than judicial repression, and more difficult to trace and hold accountable.

At the end of the day Israel is a tool (and Palestine is terrain) of U.S. imperialism. We fight for the dignity and liberation of our people from here to our homelands. We need to be working to build power, not just support.

The Canadian oil company is feeling the heat as Indigenous groups, environmental organizations, and other activists are demanding that the President pull the plug.