The U.S. Forest Service is considering opening the 1.1 million acres of Virginia’s George Washington National Forest to the oil industry 120 years after committing to protect it.
The U.S. Forest Service is considering opening the 1.1 million acres of Virginia’s George Washington National Forest to the oil industry 120 years after committing to protect it.
The U.S. Forest Service is considering opening the 1.1 million acres of Virginia’s George Washington National Forest to the oil industry 120 years after committing to protect it.
Martin Michaels Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the U.S. is set to double aid to the Syrian opposition, allocating an additional $123 million to help the rebels overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Since hostilities broke out March 2011, more than 70,000 people have died and more than 1 million have been displaced from their […]
Martin Michaels Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the U.S. is set to double aid to the Syrian opposition, allocating an additional $123 million to help the rebels overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Since hostilities broke out March 2011, more than 70,000 people have died and more than 1 million have been displaced from their […]
Travelers looking forward to once again being able to board a plane with a pocket knife will have to wait a little bit longer. The Transportation Security Administration announced Monday that it is delaying a new rule that would allow passengers to bring small knives on planes just three days before it was supposed to take […]
Travelers looking forward to once again being able to board a plane with a pocket knife will have to wait a little bit longer. The Transportation Security Administration announced Monday that it is delaying a new rule that would allow passengers to bring small knives on planes just three days before it was supposed to take […]
Martin Michaels The Ihanktonwan Oyate-Yankton Sioux General Council passed two key resolutions on April 4 and April 15 opposing TransCanada’s proposed $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline. Representing roughly 170,000 people, the Sioux council opposition adds to the growing public opposition to the proposed pipeline that would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil, 1,700 […]
Martin Michaels The Ihanktonwan Oyate-Yankton Sioux General Council passed two key resolutions on April 4 and April 15 opposing TransCanada’s proposed $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline. Representing roughly 170,000 people, the Sioux council opposition adds to the growing public opposition to the proposed pipeline that would carry roughly 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil, 1,700 […]
The Awá are a nomadic people from the Gurupi region of the Maranhão state of Brazil. Known as the Guajá or the Wazaiara — “the owners of the hair garments” — they are a separatist group that, in the 1800s, became wanderers to escape the violent persecution of Portuguese colonists. Currently, nearly one-quarter of the […]
The Awá are a nomadic people from the Gurupi region of the Maranhão state of Brazil. Known as the Guajá or the Wazaiara — “the owners of the hair garments” — they are a separatist group that, in the 1800s, became wanderers to escape the violent persecution of Portuguese colonists. Currently, nearly one-quarter of the […]
A child disappears. Police are called. Nothing happens. Child rights activists say the rape last week of a 5-year-old girl is just the latest case in which Indian police failed to take urgent action on a report of a missing child. Three days after the attack, the girl was found alone in locked room in the […]
A child disappears. Police are called. Nothing happens. Child rights activists say the rape last week of a 5-year-old girl is just the latest case in which Indian police failed to take urgent action on a report of a missing child. Three days after the attack, the girl was found alone in locked room in the […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicked off his week-long Middle East trip in Israel on Sunday, his first such visit as Pentagon chief. Hagel took a hard line on Iran and its nascent nuclear program, while reassuring Israel that the U.S. fully supported its right to self-defense in a “dangerous, combustible” part of the world. The defense […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicked off his week-long Middle East trip in Israel on Sunday, his first such visit as Pentagon chief. Hagel took a hard line on Iran and its nascent nuclear program, while reassuring Israel that the U.S. fully supported its right to self-defense in a “dangerous, combustible” part of the world. The defense […]