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The Trump Administration’s aggressive efforts to turn public lands over to the oil and gas industries threatens New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, the epicenter of Puebloan civilization from 850 to 1250 AD. UNESCO termed the ancient urban ceremonial center “unlike anything constructed before or since.” The accelerated oil and gas development threatens the Native American connection to this sacred place and all our attempts to understand the mysteries of its way of life.

Author China Mieville lays out a list of 50 science fiction and fantasy works he feels every socialist ought to read.

The overriding aim of democratic socialist strategy is to weaken the power of business, before breaking with capitalism entirely.

The fight over the proposed Pebble mine in southern Alaska is a harbinger: Global copper demand is expected to grow dramatically.

"Enough is enough. Pipelines leak - it's not a question of 'if', but 'when.'"

Just as enthusiasm for collective bargaining grows, labor’s political power and influence wane toward a historic nadir.

Marsha de la O, a southern California poet, depicts most tenderly the hard wages of environmental pollution.

A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.

A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.

The money DeVos and her family would get from just one of the tax breaks in the House bill would pay more than 6,000 teachers. The tax break for President Donald Trump and his family would be enough to pay more than 20,000 teachers.