Columbia Riverkeeper, a group committed to the enforcement of environmental protections, says Northwest Innovation Works sought billions for construction for a fracked gas-to-methanol refinery in violation of a federal law that restricts funding.Last month, environmental and public health groups filed charges challenging federal approval for NWIW’s refinery proposed for construction in Kalama, Washington.The complaint [] challenges permits issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to NWIW to construct a marine terminal that the refinery will use to ship methanol overseas.According...…Columbia Riverkeeper, a group committed to the enforcement of environmental protections, says Northwest Innovation Works sought billions for construction for a fracked gas-to-methanol refinery in violation of a federal law that restricts funding.Last month, environmental and public health groups filed charges challenging federal approval for NWIW’s refinery proposed for construction in Kalama, Washington.The complaint [] challenges permits issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to NWIW to construct a marine terminal that the refinery will use to ship methanol overseas.According...WW…

More Islamophobic episodes were instigated by federal agencies than hate groups or individual bigots, according to a report from CAIR.…More Islamophobic episodes were instigated by federal agencies than hate groups or individual bigots, according to a report from CAIR.WW…

Suicide rates are four times higher in prisons than among the public, yet few preventative resources are available to those incarcerated.Poet, musician, and PhD student John Gillespie Jr. (aka swim.) joins Beyond Prisons to discuss his art and scholarship around suicide in the Black community.…Suicide rates are four times higher in prisons than among the public, yet few preventative resources are available to those incarcerated.Poet, musician, and PhD student John Gillespie Jr. (aka swim.) joins Beyond Prisons to discuss his art and scholarship around suicide in the Black community.WW…

Suicide rates are four times higher in prisons than among the public, yet few preventative resources are available to those incarcerated.There’s nothing Russian about Jeffrey Epstein’s death in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. Rates of death in U.S. prisons are exceptionally high.The United Kingdom quashed the extradition of activist Lauri Love because prison conditions in the United States could result in his death.The latest figures, released by Inquest, reveal there have been 229 deaths in British prisons since the beginning of 2015.On the heels of the Justice...…Suicide rates are four times higher in prisons than among the public, yet few preventative resources are available to those incarcerated.There’s nothing Russian about Jeffrey Epstein’s death in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. Rates of death in U.S. prisons are exceptionally high.The United Kingdom quashed the extradition of activist Lauri Love because prison conditions in the United States could result in his death.The latest figures, released by Inquest, reveal there have been 229 deaths in British prisons since the beginning of 2015.On the heels of the Justice...WW…

In August 2014, the women of the “Women’s Protection Units” (YPJ) captured the attention of the world when they helped rescue 50,000 people from a massacre by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Sinjar Mountains of northern Iraq. The “Sinjar massacre,” as it has come toA report from the United Nations indicates there is no accountability for torture by Afghan forces and the number of incidents of torture remains steady.Despite over 15 years of support, the Afghanistan government currently controls only 63 percent of the countryDuring the campaign, Trump slammed “dumb wars”...…In August 2014, the women of the “Women’s Protection Units” (YPJ) captured the attention of the world when they helped rescue 50,000 people from a massacre by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Sinjar Mountains of northern Iraq. The “Sinjar massacre,” as it has come toA report from the United Nations indicates there is no accountability for torture by Afghan forces and the number of incidents of torture remains steady.Despite over 15 years of support, the Afghanistan government currently controls only 63 percent of the countryDuring the campaign, Trump slammed “dumb wars”...WW…

Migrant Justice accuses Border Patrol of using racial profiling to target Vermont’s immigrant dairy farm laborers and vocal community organizers.…Migrant Justice accuses Border Patrol of using racial profiling to target Vermont’s immigrant dairy farm laborers and vocal community organizers.WW…

Activists in New York organized “rolling picket” and targeted financiers of for-profit prisons, like CoreCivic and GEO Group, that hold detained immigrants.An Austin City Council member was denied access to T. Don Hutto Residential Center, where he attempted to visit a woman who reported sexual assault by a guard.A twenty-three year-old immigrant woman from El Salvador attempted suicide at a private immigration detention center in Texas after learning she may face punishment for avoiding a guard who sexually abused her and still works at the facility. Laura Monterrosa ingested “51 pain...…Activists in New York organized “rolling picket” and targeted financiers of for-profit prisons, like CoreCivic and GEO Group, that hold detained immigrants.An Austin City Council member was denied access to T. Don Hutto Residential Center, where he attempted to visit a woman who reported sexual assault by a guard.A twenty-three year-old immigrant woman from El Salvador attempted suicide at a private immigration detention center in Texas after learning she may face punishment for avoiding a guard who sexually abused her and still works at the facility. Laura Monterrosa ingested “51 pain...WW…

Migrant Justice accuses Border Patrol of using racial profiling to target Vermont’s immigrant dairy farm laborers and vocal community organizers.…Migrant Justice accuses Border Patrol of using racial profiling to target Vermont’s immigrant dairy farm laborers and vocal community organizers.WW…

Activists in New York organized “rolling picket” and targeted financiers of for-profit prisons, like CoreCivic and GEO Group, that hold detained immigrants.In a lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft, thousands of detained immigrants at GEO Group’s Northwest Detention Center were certified as a class by a federal judge.The Justice Department is not evaluating the performance of pretrial diversion programs, residential re-entry centers, and home confinement, according to congressional testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Under President Barack Obama administration, the...…Activists in New York organized “rolling picket” and targeted financiers of for-profit prisons, like CoreCivic and GEO Group, that hold detained immigrants.In a lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft, thousands of detained immigrants at GEO Group’s Northwest Detention Center were certified as a class by a federal judge.The Justice Department is not evaluating the performance of pretrial diversion programs, residential re-entry centers, and home confinement, according to congressional testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Under President Barack Obama administration, the...WW…

In August 2014, the women of the “Women’s Protection Units” (YPJ) captured the attention of the world when they helped rescue 50,000 people from a massacre by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Sinjar Mountains of northern Iraq. The “Sinjar massacre,” as it has come to…In August 2014, the women of the “Women’s Protection Units” (YPJ) captured the attention of the world when they helped rescue 50,000 people from a massacre by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Sinjar Mountains of northern Iraq. The “Sinjar massacre,” as it has come toWW…