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Sunday, 28 May 2017 - 2:52am
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
The years-long, Indigenous-led fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) briefly captured the nation's attention last fall as images of peaceful resisters being sprayed with water canons and surrounded by police in tanks and other military-grade equipment were spread widely, fueling global outrage and a fierce protest movement against the oil pipeline.
Sunday, 28 May 2017 - 1:52am
Ali Abunimah
After 40 days without food, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners have suspended their hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Sunday, 28 May 2017 - 1:19am
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
Further isolating the United States as other world powers prepare to take on the crisis of climate change, President Donald Trump refused to commit to the landmark Paris Climate Agreement as the remaining G7 leaders reaffirmed their determination to implement the accord.
Sunday, 28 May 2017 - 12:11am
Charles Ornstein
This story was co-published with Stat and Kaiser Health News.
Earlier this month, a day after the House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, Ashleigh Morley visited her congressman’s Facebook page to voice her dismay.
Saturday, 27 May 2017 - 11:50pm
Tharanga Yakupitiyage, IPS News
World leaders must step up and take action in fighting famine to prevent further catastrophic levels of hunger and deaths, said Oxfam.
Ahead of the 43rd G7 summit, Oxfam urged world leaders to urgently address the issue of famine, currently affecting four countries at unprecedented levels.
Saturday, 27 May 2017 - 11:39pm
Lois Marie Gibbs
‘Homeland Security – No more wars over oil!’ That’s what families in communities across Pennsylvania were promised a decade ago.
‘We’ll extract natural gas from the ground, using an unconventional process called hydrofracturing, to acquire enough natural gas that the U.S. will no longer be dependent on foreign oil!’
At least that’s what we were told. No longer would we need to send our young men and women overseas to fight oil wars.
Saturday, 27 May 2017 - 11:34pm
Christopher Brauchli
When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote de la Mancha
Saturday, 27 May 2017 - 11:25pm
David Korten
I’ve rarely been so moved by a political speech. If you haven’t heard it, don’t miss it.
Saturday, 27 May 2017 - 11:19pm
Christopher Cook
President Trump’s budget proposal—a fiscal assault on everything other than rich people and the military—could prove to be progressives’ ultimate trump card. With its deep cuts to vital programs and protections for low-income and working-class people, including Trump’s own voters, it lays bare the scope of his destructive agenda.