- January 27, 2014Two characters from Herman Melville's novels foretold the dangerous future of American empire.
- January 24, 2014The company behind the spill filed for Chapter 11 protection, giving us a better understanding of its murky ownership.
- January 22, 2014The Southern leg of the controversial pipeline opened for business today, but landowners like Michael Bishop and others in its 485-mile path aren't happy about it.
- January 17, 2014Robert Reich writes that desperation for jobs is part of the reason many workers oppose better safety and health regulations for fear they might drive companies out of town.
- January 16, 2014In the wake of the West Virginia chemical spill, a local editor tells Moyers & Company: “Regulation has been turned into a dirty word down here."
- January 16, 2014Documents indicate the US is caving on environmental standards it had previously set for international trade agreements.
- January 15, 2014True progress requires acknowledgement that some communities are at greater risk from climate change than others.
- January 10, 2014New pollution caps will make the construction of traditional coal power plants illegal.
- January 9, 2014Global Trade Watch's Lori Wallach says that none of the promises that were used to sell NAFTA have come to fruition, and they're being repeated for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
- January 8, 2014During the last three months of 2013, 15 miners died on the job. The uptick coincides with budget cuts that mean inspectors can afford to visit a workplace only every 99 years, on average.