By Nika Knight / Common DreamsOct 11, 2016
As a movement against Columbus Day gains support, protesters face down riot police at the Dakota Access pipeline construction site. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigOct 3, 2016
As demonstrations against the proposed oil pipeline ramp up, the federal government announced it would not evict protesters living at the camp in North Dakota. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigOct 2, 2016
While activists fight for different causes, their forms of protest often are the same. We want to hear from you: Based on the week’s political news, what forms of protest are most likely to effect change? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Jerome IrwinOct 1, 2016
DAPL should be a seminal issue in the 2016 presidential election, as it relates to the larger issue of climate change, but all we hear from the mainstream media are crickets. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigSep 30, 2016
Peaceful protesters were met with a militarized police response in the days after the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux pleaded with the United Nations for action. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Andrea Germanos / Common DreamsSep 26, 2016
Standing Rock Sioux were "denied access to information and excluded from consultations," a United Nations special rapporteur charges. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Chip Ward / TomDispatchSep 23, 2016
That classic American narrative is back big time, only the Indians are now the good guys and the cowboys are on a warpath, trying to grab 640 million acres of public lands that they can plunder as if it were yesteryear. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 16, 2016
The lineup of Dakota Access pipeline investors reads like a who’s who of the world’s big banksters. Their contributions continue a ruthless American tradition of racism, fascism and corporatism toward indigenous people and their land. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 15, 2016
The Dakota Access pipeline story is critical to the fate of people and the planet. It's about climate change—and about indigenous rights conflicting with corporate and government power. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Nika Knight / Common DreamsSep 14, 2016
As the head of the company building the pipeline vows to move forward with the controversial project, nonviolent protesters bring work to a halt at one North Dakota site. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsSep 10, 2016
A federal judge denied the tribe's request for an injunction, but federal agencies issued a statement pausing construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
The presidential nominee and her running mate spent much of the week in North Dakota protesting the Dakota Access pipeline. Now they face misdemeanor charges for acts committed during the protests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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