As with every project sewing corporate profits to politicians with the thread of government approval, the Dakota Access Pipeline didn’t come to fruition as a simple sign-on-the-dotted-line business arrangement. Mobilizing militarized police to a prayer gathering and deploying of mercenaries to sic vicious dogs on unarmed Native Americans attempting to protect land and water from sullying by Big Oil and Gas, Read More…
Activism
DEA Drags Feet On Kratom Ban – May Remain Legal, For Now
“I don’t have a timetable. It could be this week, could be in the future, I just don’t know.” The DEA recently changed direction on their decision to add kratom to the schedule one controlled substance list alongside another inappropriately placed natural substance. Despite no more than anecdotal evidence to support the thin claim that Read More…
Over 20 Arrested After Militarized Police Raid #NoDAPL Prayer Ceremony
Water protectors say that “with state police protecting Dakota Access Pipeline,” President Obama’s “words are meaningless. Twenty-one water protectors were arrested in North Dakota on Wednesday after a military-style raid interrupted a peaceful prayer ceremony at a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction site. Hundreds of demonstrators have been taking part in the prayer ceremony in Read More…
Jesse Ventura Just Shut down the National Anthem Debate — for Good
Colin Kaepernick set the internet ablaze with his stance, or kneel, against the national anthem at a pre-season football game last month. Since his lone act, others have joined in the viral protest, from an entire NFL team to high school football players. Kaepernick has now taken to kneeling during the national anthem, and it’s driving Read More…
With Locked Arms and Raised Fists, NFL Players Express Solidarity With Kaepernick
“They say it’s not the time to do this. When is the time?” The first Sunday of the National Football League’s 2016 season saw several players in multiple cities express solidarity with Colin Kaepernick‘s national anthem protest against racial injustice. Following protests at high school games across the country on Friday and Saturday, ABC News Read More…
5 Times the National Guard Was Used (& What It Means for the Pipeline Protesters)
On Thursday, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple called on the state’s National Guard to contain contentious protests against the Keystone pipeline, which threatens Native lands and water supplies. The decision comes after private security guards unleashed attack dogs on protesters this weekend, sparking further violence authorities predictably blamed on demonstrators. A summons of National Guard services usually Read More…






