Climate and Environmental Crisis

#NoDAPL battleground: Iowans resist pipeline#NoDAPL battleground: Iowans resist pipeline

#NoDAPL battleground: Iowans resist pipeline

Boone, Iowa Standing Rock Solidarity demonstrators gathered here on Sept. 22 to protest Dakota Access Pipeline construction and “to put…

October 2, 2016
Lead poisoning hits African Americans the hardestLead poisoning hits African Americans the hardest

Lead poisoning hits African Americans the hardest

Hundreds of children living in the West Calumet housing projects in East Chicago, Ind., have tested positive for excessive levels…

September 28, 2016
Resistance at Standing Rock to pipelines, profits and environmental devastationResistance at Standing Rock to pipelines, profits and environmental devastation

Resistance at Standing Rock to pipelines, profits and environmental devastation

Under Indigenous leadership, the determination of thousands who have gathered at Standing Rock is having a profound impact in exposing…

September 20, 2016
Notorious Israeli prison profiteer deployed at Standing RockNotorious Israeli prison profiteer deployed at Standing Rock

Notorious Israeli prison profiteer deployed at Standing Rock

What does Israel’s internment of 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners, including 700 “administrative detainees” held without charge or trial, have in…

September 15, 2016
Prescription for the planetPrescription for the planet

Prescription for the planet

A nice day comes along, the sky is blue, the temperature moderate, and it’s tempting to stop thinking about global…

September 14, 2016
#noDAPL: Defend Standing Rock#noDAPL: Defend Standing Rock

#noDAPL: Defend Standing Rock

The following statement was released by Workers World Party 2016 Presidential Candidate Monica Moorehead and Vice Presidential Candidate Lamont Lilly…

September 7, 2016
Big Oil poisons Houston working-class, oppressed communities for profitBig Oil poisons Houston working-class, oppressed communities for profit

Big Oil poisons Houston working-class, oppressed communities for profit

The smell in the Manchester neighborhood of Houston is like hot coffee — nutty, bitter and sweet. This smell isn’t…

September 4, 2016
The human toll of global warming — Alaska to LouisianaThe human toll of global warming — Alaska to Louisiana

The human toll of global warming — Alaska to Louisiana

What ties together developments in the Alaskan village of Shishmaref, on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, with the extraordinary…

September 4, 2016
Letter of support to Standing Rock: Stop pipelines, climate change and capitalismLetter of support to Standing Rock: Stop pipelines, climate change and capitalism

Letter of support to Standing Rock: Stop pipelines, climate change and capitalism

Following is a statement published in mid-August on the site of The Red Nation about the important environmental struggle in…

September 4, 2016
Native peoples block toxic oil pipelineNative peoples block toxic oil pipeline

Native peoples block toxic oil pipeline

Aug. 23 — The start of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, a multi-state, 1,100-mile-long crude oil pipeline to be…

August 24, 2016