Politics
A Federal judge has thrown out the Quechan Nation’s request for an injunction against the controversial Ocotillo Express Wind Project in western Imperial County,
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May 25, 2012 // 0 Comments
As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models. In New Economic Visions, a special
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May 25, 2012 // 0 Comments
The manufacturing of consent is endemic within modern societies. Throughout history, the need to “persuade and influence” has always been manipulated by those
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May 24, 2012 // 0 Comments
Native and Occupy protester have brought to a halt a hearing by the National Energy Board that environmentalists feared would bring oilsands oil to Ontario and eventually the
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May 24, 2012 // 0 Comments
As leaders of the Red Lake and White Earth Nations in Minnesota, we are alarmed that Congress is giving serious consideration to a plan that would take away tens of millions
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May 24, 2012 // 0 Comments
The 4th Indigenous Leaders Summit of the Americas was held April 11-14, 2012 in Cartagena, Colombia. It was in my view the first time in history that an Indigenous Leaders
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May 24, 2012 // 0 Comments
The War on Drugs is becoming another “Dirty War” in Mexico, with the tactic of enforced disappearances reappearing as a commonplace occurrence in the country. “Enforced
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May 23, 2012 // 0 Comments
Thanks to fawning coverage from the country’s ever-so-partial TV giants, Enrique Peña Nieto has been favorite for July’s Mexican presidential election for more than two
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May 23, 2012 // 0 Comments
A prominent human rights body meeting in Geneva is asking questions about the way police in Ontario respond to native land rights protests. This week, Canada makes its
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May 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
Contrary to popular belief, especially among non-Natives, American Indians did not simply relinquish their rights to lands, waters, and other natural resources. Indeed, as a
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May 22, 2012 // 0 Comments