Filipina-American activist Kai Sorem went to the Philippines to defend the environment. Her death is a chilling reminder of the increased dangers faced by LGBTQ2S+ advocates abroad

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

Standing Rock increased division in North Dakota between Indigenous communities and nearby non-Indigenous communities. Propaganda made it worse.

The 13-acre property is one of downtown Minneapolis’ last large industrial sites.

As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show.

A federal agency officially granted the Dakota Access Pipeline a permit to cross under the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe reservoir, ending a six-year environmental review to determine whether the pipelin...

Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective, spent nearly four years fighting felony charges that he says were politically motivated.

Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective, spent nearly four years fighting felony charges that he says were politically motivated.

Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective, spent nearly four years fighting felony charges that he says were politically motivated.

Welcome readers! As most of you know, Eco Files up until now has only published articles by me, Alleen Brown. This week I’m trying something new, and featuring the work of fellow independent journalis...

Journalist, historian, writer.

In America’s most surveilled city, a community loses forest land and gains a network of AI-enabled cameras.

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say

Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

Todd Blanche announces 11-count indictment over payments to informants in extremist groups including Ku Klux Klan

Proposed spending package would target 'leftist' political ideologies

“We are increasingly concerned about the radicalization of minors,” government report says.

As the Trump administration and its allies seek to stifle free speech and paint protest as domestic terrorism, Voices columnist Yessenia Funes argues that environmental journalists must heed the impac...

Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

Plus sports bars thriving, HCMC in peril, and rural MN growing (for now) in today's Flyover news roundup.

After 27 months of negotiations, it is well past time that ProPublica’s management agrees to the fair contract our union members deserve. Last week, with 99% of the unit voting, 92% voted to authoriz...

In December, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered law enforcement officials to prioritize efforts to probe and prosecute groups and individuals belonging to the antifa movement or are deemed "extremist....

Resolution Copper is set to start exploratory drilling at Oak Flat after a long-sought land swap is completed.

Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

State governments have played a key part in stripping Australians’ democratic rights at the behest of powerful interest groups

Israeli planes sprayed chemicals on farmland in Quneitra, Syria in late January and early February, 2026. Farmers say that their crops yellowed and died in just a few days and that they lost dozens of...

As the world watches the oil markets, a silent ecological collapse threatens livelihoods and the biodiversity of one of the world's most vital maritime corridors.

State agencies say such a law would create a legal vulnerability, but advocates say wild rice is vulnerable and needs protections.

Dario Sanchez, 32, shared in interviews with KERA News his perspective on the charges he's facing related to a shooting that occurred outside the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4, 2025. Sanchez ...

Hey friends, I know we’re all glued to war on Iran news right now, and you might be tempted to believe the stories I’m sharing today are off-topic — but they’re not. The era of protest criminalization...