by Alex Emery / S&P Global Indigenous protests bought operations to a standstill at Peru’s largest oil field, PetroTal’s Block 95 in the northern Amazon rain forest, just days after a similar attack halted pumping at the state oil company’s North Peruvian […]
by teleSUR / esf-MS, Published July 21, 2020 Protesters set on fire two vehicles in the so-called Southern Road Corridor, one kilometer from the city of Espinar, in Cusco, Perú, mining company Las Bambas said via a statement. The incident is […]
By Makenzie Huber and Erin Bormett Sioux Falls Argus Leader Protesters are demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s arrival in the Black Hills ahead of the return of the Mount Rushmore fireworks display Friday night and blocking a road to the monument with […]
by Steve Horn / the guardian For residents of Tucson in southern Arizona, the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado national forest are known as a hub for hiking, mountain biking and other outdoor recreation. But on 5 June lightning ignited a […]
by Victoria Schneider SAHN, Sierra Leone — The day they came, Margaret Fascia was in her forest garden of cocoa trees, pineapple plants, palms, ferns and cassavas. Like most days of the week, she was working, looking after the crops that feed […]
by Amazon Watch Indigenous leaders demand the urgent removal of 20,000 illegal gold miners from their lands to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through their villages. The disease could infect up to 40% of Yanomami communities if wildcat mining remains, threatening a […]
by Steve Horn / The Real News Network Black Lives Matter The police killing of George Floyd has shifted news coverage in the United States from all issues—including the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to kill people and killed 2,952 between June 2-4—back […]
by EF!J Editors Mazzie and Raven Photo by Fibonacci Blue on Flickr As vigils are planned nationwide, we would like to acknowledge some of the additional people who have been killed by cops over the past few weeks during the protests for […]
by Hunter Walker / Yahoo! News Advocacy organizations have filed complaints against Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in Florida and California, claiming that migrants being held there are suffering severe side effects from disinfectant sprays being used to combat the coronavirus. […]
by Lawrence Burney The 46-year-old unarmed Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police earlier this week once rapped with DJ Screw’s legendary Houston crew. He deserves to have the fullness of his life recognized. When we’re in the thick of the […]