Body of Olivia Lone Bear Found in North Dakota as Native Women Face Crisis
Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-08-03
After an agonizing 9-month search, the body of Olivia Lone Bear was found Tuesday in a pickup truck submerged in a lake right by her house on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The mother of five went missing in late October in New Town, North Dakota. Her disappearance has sparked renewed attention to the disproportionately high rates of disappearance, rape and murder of Native American women across the United States. These already-alarming rates are particularly high in areas of oil extraction, like North Dakota's Bakken Shale, which is the origin point for the Dakota Access pipeline. We speak with Olivia Lone Bear's brother Matthew, who spent the last nine months searching for his sister. We also speak with Mary Kathryn Nagle, a citizen of Cherokee Nation and a partner at Pipestem Law, a law firm dedicated to the restoration of tribal sovereignty and…
truthout.org/video/body-of-olivia-lone-bear-found-in-north-dakota-as-native-women-face-crisis/
The End of the Line — A Climate in Crisis
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-03
The world of academia is starting to pick up on the concept that humanity is unknowingly cruising on a train ride to doomsday, a surefire encounter with collapse of society based upon climate crises brought on by exponential climate change. The depth of the problem: It's inevitable and inescapable. Nonetheless, people do not want to…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/03/the-end-of-the-line-a-climate-in-crisis/
Mass Media Fail to Link Heat Waves and Climate Change
Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-08-03
Even though studies show that human-caused climate change is doubling the likelihood of heat waves, major news outlets consistently fail to make the link, which makes dealing with the problem far more difficult than it should be | The post Mass Media Fail to Link Heat Waves and Climate Change appeared first on The Real News…
therealnews.com/stories/mass-media-fail-to-link-heat-waves-and-climate-change
Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not "Human Nature"
Naomi Klein | theintercept.com | 2018-08-03
Nathaniel Rich, in his massive New York Times Magazine article, argues "human nature" kept "us" from fixing climate change in the 1980s. He's dead wrong. | The post Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not "Human Nature" appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/03/climate-change-new-york-times-magazine/
You Can't Sue Fossil Fuel Industry Over Climate Change
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-03
"Turns out cities can't sue oil companies for climate change" reads the title of an article in Wired.Com magazine. Well, obviously; the purpose of the US judiciary is to protect massed capital from popular democracy. The truth is that climate change denial is primarily a failure of the U.S. Government (and other governments), from –…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/03/you-cant-sue-fossil-fuel-industry-over-climate-change/
Life on Earth is Dying. Thousands of Species Cease to Exist. Homo Sapiens is the Cause
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-03
On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects, reptiles) will cease to exist. Tomorrow, another 200 species will vanish forever.
globalresearch.ca/life-on-earth-is-dying-thousands-of-species-cease-to-exist/5561829
Three Reasons Why 'Fire and Fury' Won't Work With Iran
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2018-08-03
The president doesn't realize he's playing a losing hand with Iran, which has already called his bluff on targeting its oil sales. | The post Three Reasons Why 'Fire and Fury' Won't Work With Iran appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/three-reasons-why-fire-and-fury-wont-work-with-iran/
Global Fires and Droughts: The Media Cover-up of Climate Change
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-02
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | There was a time when the contamination of drinking water constituted a punishable crime. Nowadays those who willfully ignore or promote the destruction of the Earth's atmosphere and ocean acidification through …
globalresearch.ca/global-fires-and-droughts-the-media-cover-up-of-climate-change/5649392
US Meddling in Cambodian Elections is Foiled
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-02
It would be unthinkable for an American opposition party run openly out of Moscow to compete in American elections. It would be even more unthinkable for the Russian government to declare US elections illegitimate for disallowing a Moscow-backed party from …
globalresearch.ca/us-meddling-in-cambodian-elections-is-foiled/5649334
Can Baltimore Take on Big Oil?
Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-08-01
Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis explains why the city is suing big oil companies and responds to critics who say the suit doomed to fail | The post Can Baltimore Take on Big Oil? appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/can-baltimore-take-on-big-oil
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show July 30, 2018
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-07-31
Dharna, Eze, and Khalilah discuss movements to fight climate change and to create a Black arts & entertainment in Baltimore, Afro-Latina day, and the history of "activist entrepreneurs" | The post The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show July 30, 2018 appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/the-baltimore-bureau-podcast-show-july-30-2018
Portland mayor's office violated Constitution by denying ICE protection during protest, union claims
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
Portland mayor's office violated the US Constitution by telling police not to interfere with a protest against federal immigration policies, a letter sent by their union said.
rt.com/usa/434715-ice-portland-police-constitution/
Venezuela Introduces New Measures to Halt Hyperinflation: Will they Work?
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-07-30
Venezuela's hyperinflation is now exceeding 200% per month. President Maduro plans to introduce a new currency that is tied to Venezuela's oil basket, but will the measures work and how has inflation affected the general population? We discuss these issues with Cira Pascual Marquina of Venezuelanalysis.com and TRNN's Greg Wilpert | The post Venezuela Introduce…
therealnews.com/stories/venezuela-introduces-new-measures-to-halt-hyperinflation-will-they-work
State of emergency in Michigan county as tested water is 20 times the safe level for PFAS chemicals
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-30
A state of emergency has been declared in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, after high levels of man-made PFAS chemicals were found in the drinking water in two towns. The contaminants pose severe health risks and can lead to cancer.
rt.com/usa/434600-parchment-water-contamination-emergency-pfas/
Blue Lives Matter claims Facebook's 'fake news' rules have halved its audience
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-30
Blue Lives Matter, a group advocating for greater protections for police in the US, has claimed that Facebook's new rules to combat fake news has almost halved the number of people it can reach on the platform.
rt.com/usa/434659-blue-lives-matter-facebook/
'Every necessary precaution': Fear of Ebola spreading places Denver hospital on lockdown
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-30
A possible Ebola infection has prompted Denver Health Medical Center to go into temporary lockdown, as medical staff in hazmat suits handled a patient who recently returned from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
rt.com/usa/434601-denver-ebola-possible-contamination/
Noam Chomsky on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Spectacular" Victory & Growing Split in Democratic Party
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-27
The 2018 midterm election season has been roiled by the internal divisions between the Democratic Party's growing progressive base and the more conservative party establishment. In New York City, this division came to a head with the most shocking upset of the election season so far, when 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez handily defeated 10-term incumbent Representative Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House. Ocasio-Cortez ran a progressive grassroots campaign as a Democratic Socialist advocating for "Medicare for All" and the abolition of ICE. For more on her victory and what it means for the…
democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_alexandria_ocasio_cortezs
Venezuela: Maduro Announces Economic Reforms Including Monetary Reconversion, Tax Breaks & Currency Control Changes
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-26
The measures also transfer an entire oilfield from PDVSA to the Central Bank.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13967
Glimmers of Economic Recovery amid Mixed Reports about Venezuelan Oil Production
Cira Pascual Marquina | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-20
Lower levels of oil production have been reportedly offset by rising prices and reduced domestic consumption.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13958
Trump Admin Closes Venezuela Sanctions Loophole in Favour of US Bondholders
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-20
The measure opens the way for seizures of Venezuela's US-based oil assets should the Maduro government default on PDVSA bond payments.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13955
Venezuela's Defunct National Assembly Attempts to Privatise Oil Industry
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-12
Grassroots movements have frequently denounced de facto back-door privatisation in PDVSA.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13935
Trump Head Fakes to Center, Emails Base to Say Kavanaugh is Hard Right
Jud Lounsbury | progressive.org | 2018-07-10
Ah yes, heading back to the good ol' days when the Constitution's "equal protection" language somehow co-existed with Jim Crow and women not being able to vote or hold office.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-head-fakes-to-center-emails-base-scotus-kavanaugh-is-hard-right-180710/
China Approves US$5Bn Loan for Venezuelan Oil Development
TEV | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-05
Venezuelan officials said Chinese cooperation opens up alternative networks outside the sanctions of the United States.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13918